אַל

Strong’s Definition

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

Etymology & Derivation

a negative particle (akin to H3808 (לֹא));

KJV Usage

nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
• 2.do not, let not (with a verb)
• 3.let there not be (with a verb understood)
• 4.not, no (with substantive)
• 5.nothing (as substantive)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼal; Pronunciation: al