Original Language Studio
Genesis 4:7
“If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- הֲ — particle (interrogative)
- ל֤וֹא — particle (negative)
- Usage
- Occurs 5,191 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:17Genesis 2:18Genesis 2:20Genesis 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.
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.