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Isaiah 40:28

“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.” (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: הֲ — particle (interrogative)
ל֨וֹא — particle (negative)
Code HTi/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.