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2 Samuel 15:35

“And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לֹאlôʼ · lo
H3808 · Hebrew

Definition: not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
KJV renderings: [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
הֲ — particle (interrogative)
ל֤וֹא — particle (negative)
Code HC/Ti/Tn
Usage: Occurs 5,191 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5 Genesis 2:17 Genesis 2:18 Genesis 2:20 Genesis 2:25

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 לֹא here.

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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.