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2 Kings 18:31
“Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H408 · Hebrew
- Definition
- not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- Derivation
- a negative particle (akin to H3808 (לֹא));
- KJV renderings
- nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
- Grammar
- אַֽל — particle (negative)
- Usage
- Occurs 725 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 13:8Genesis 15:1Genesis 18:3Genesis 18:30Genesis 18:32
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.