1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)
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H3808 — לֹא
lo · not · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 2:5 · לֹ֨אNow no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.Genesis 2:17 · לֹ֥אbut you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”Genesis 2:18 · לֹא־The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”Genesis 2:20 · לֹֽא־The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.Genesis 2:25 · וְלֹ֖אAnd the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.Genesis 3:1 · לֹ֣אNow the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”Genesis 3:3 · לֹ֤א · וְלֹ֥אbut about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”Genesis 3:4 · לֹֽא־“You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.Genesis 3:17 · לֹ֥אAnd to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.Genesis 4:5 · לֹ֣אbut He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.Genesis 4:7 · הֲל֤וֹא · לֹ֣אIf you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”Genesis 4:9 · לֹ֣אAnd the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”Genesis 4:12 · לֹֽא־When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”Genesis 6:3 · לֹֽא־So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”Genesis 7:2 · לֹ֣אYou are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;Genesis 8:9 · וְלֹֽא־But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.Genesis 8:12 · וְלֹֽא־And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.Genesis 8:21 · לֹֽא־ · וְלֹֽא־When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.Genesis 8:22 · לֹ֥אAs long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”Genesis 9:4 · לֹ֥אBut you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.Genesis 9:11 · וְלֹֽא־ · וְלֹֽא־And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”Genesis 9:15 · וְלֹֽא־I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.Genesis 9:23 · לֹ֥אThen Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.Genesis 11:6 · לֹֽא־And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.Genesis 11:7 · לֹ֣אCome, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”Genesis 12:18 · לֹא־So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?Genesis 13:6 · וְלֹא־ · וְלֹ֥אBut the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.Genesis 13:9 · הֲלֹ֤אIs not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”Genesis 14:23 · וְלֹ֣אthat I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’Genesis 15:3 · לֹ֥אAbram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”Genesis 15:4 · לֹ֥אThen the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”Genesis 15:10 · לֹ֥אSo Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.Genesis 15:13 · לֹ֣אThen the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Genesis 15:16 · לֹא־In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”Genesis 16:1 · לֹ֥אNow Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.Genesis 16:10 · וְלֹ֥אThen the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”Genesis 17:5 · וְלֹא־No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.Genesis 17:12 · לֹ֥אGeneration after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.Genesis 17:14 · לֹֽא־But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”Genesis 17:15 · לֹא־Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.Genesis 18:15 · לֹ֥א · לֹ֖אBut Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”Genesis 18:21 · לֹ֖אI will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”Genesis 18:24 · וְלֹא־What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?Genesis 18:25 · לֹ֥אFar be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”Genesis 18:28 · לֹ֣אsuppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”Genesis 18:29 · לֹ֣אOnce again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”Genesis 18:30 · לֹ֣אThen Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”Genesis 18:31 · לֹ֣אAnd Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”Genesis 18:32 · לֹ֣אFinally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”Genesis 19:2 · לֹּ֔אand said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”Genesis 19:8 · לֹֽא־Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”Genesis 19:19 · לֹ֤אYour servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.Genesis 19:20 · הֲלֹ֥אLook, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”Genesis 19:22 · לֹ֤אHurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.Genesis 19:33 · וְלֹֽא־So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.Genesis 19:35 · וְלֹֽא־So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.Genesis 20:4 · לֹ֥אNow Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?Genesis 20:5 · הֲלֹ֨אDidn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”Genesis 20:6 · לֹא־Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.Genesis 20:9 · לֹא־Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”Genesis 20:12 · לֹ֣אBesides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.Genesis 21:10 · לֹ֤אand she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”Genesis 21:26 · לֹ֣א · לֹא־ · לֹ֥אAbimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”Genesis 22:12 · וְלֹ֥א“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”Genesis 22:16 · וְלֹ֥אsaying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,Genesis 23:6 · לֹֽא־“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”Genesis 23:11 · לֹֽא־“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”Genesis 24:3 · לֹֽא־and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,Genesis 24:5 · לֹא־The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”Genesis 24:8 · לֹ֨א · לֹ֥אAnd if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”Genesis 24:16 · לֹ֣אNow the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.Genesis 24:21 · לֹֽא׃Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.Genesis 24:27 · לֹֽא־saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”Genesis 24:33 · לֹ֣אThen a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”Genesis 24:37 · לֹא־My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,Genesis 24:38 · לֹ֧אbut you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’Genesis 24:39 · לֹא־Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’Genesis 24:41 · לֹ֤אAnd when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’Genesis 24:49 · לֹ֕אNow if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”Genesis 24:50 · לֹ֥אLaban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.Genesis 26:22 · וְלֹ֥אHe moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”Genesis 26:29 · לֹ֣אthat you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”Genesis 27:2 · לֹ֥א“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.Genesis 27:12 · וְלֹ֥אWhat if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”Genesis 27:21 · לֹֽא׃Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”Genesis 27:23 · וְלֹ֣אIsaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.Genesis 27:36 · הֲלֹא־So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”Genesis 28:1 · לֹֽא־So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.Genesis 28:6 · לֹֽא־Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”Genesis 28:15 · לֹ֣אLook, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”Genesis 28:16 · לֹ֥אWhen Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”Genesis 29:7 · לֹא־“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”Genesis 29:8 · לֹ֣אBut they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”Genesis 29:25 · הֲלֹ֤אWhen morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”Genesis 29:26 · לֹא־Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.Genesis 30:1 · לֹ֤אWhen Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.Genesis 30:31 · לֹא־“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.Genesis 30:40 · וְלֹ֥אJacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.Genesis 30:42 · לֹ֣אBut if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.Genesis 31:7 · וְלֹֽא־And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.Genesis 31:15 · הֲל֧וֹאAre we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.Genesis 31:27 · וְלֹא־Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.Genesis 31:28 · וְלֹ֣אBut you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.Genesis 31:32 · לֹ֣א · וְלֹֽא־If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.Genesis 31:33 · וְלֹ֣אSo Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.Genesis 31:34 · וְלֹ֥אNow Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.Genesis 31:35 · ל֤וֹא · וְלֹ֥אRachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.Genesis 31:38 · לֹ֣א · לֹ֥אI have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.Genesis 31:39 · לֹא־I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.Genesis 31:52 · לֹֽא־ · לֹא־This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.Genesis 32:12 · לֹא־But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”Genesis 32:25 · לֹ֤אWhen the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.Genesis 32:26 · לֹ֣אThen the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”Genesis 32:28 · לֹ֤אThen the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”Genesis 32:32 · לֹֽא־Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.Genesis 34:7 · לֹ֥אWhen Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.Genesis 34:14 · לֹ֤א“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.Genesis 34:17 · לֹ֧אBut if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”Genesis 34:19 · וְלֹֽא־The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.Genesis 34:23 · הֲל֥וֹאWill not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”Genesis 35:5 · וְלֹ֣אAs they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.Genesis 35:10 · לֹֽא־And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.Genesis 36:7 · וְלֹ֨אFor their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.Genesis 37:4 · וְלֹ֥אWhen Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.Genesis 37:13 · הֲל֤וֹאIsrael said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.Genesis 37:21 · לֹ֥אWhen Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.Genesis 37:32 · לֹֽא׃They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”Genesis 38:9 · לֹּ֥אBut Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.Genesis 38:14 · לֹֽא־she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.Genesis 38:16 · לֹ֣אNot realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.Genesis 38:20 · וְלֹ֖אNow when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.Genesis 38:21 · לֹא־He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.Genesis 38:22 · לֹ֣א · לֹא־So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”Genesis 38:23 · לֹ֥א“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”Genesis 38:26 · לֹא־ · וְלֹֽא־Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.Genesis 39:6 · וְלֹא־So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,Genesis 39:8 · לֹא־But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.Genesis 39:9 · וְלֹֽא־No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”Genesis 39:10 · וְלֹא־Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.Genesis 40:8 · הֲל֤וֹא“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”Genesis 40:15 · לֹא־For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”Genesis 40:23 · וְלֹֽא־The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.Genesis 41:19 · לֹֽא־After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!Genesis 41:21 · וְלֹ֤אWhen they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.Genesis 41:31 · וְלֹֽא־The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.Genesis 41:36 · וְלֹֽא־This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”Genesis 41:44 · לֹֽא־And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”Genesis 42:2 · וְלֹ֥א“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”Genesis 42:4 · לֹא־But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”Genesis 42:8 · לֹ֥אAlthough Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
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