Al אַל

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Al
אַל
Transliteration	al
Strong's number	H408
Language	Hebrew
Part of speech	negative particle
Gloss	not
Occurrences	724 in 570 verses
Most frequent in	Psalms (89)

Al (Hebrew אַל, Strong's H408) is a Hebrew negative particle meaning “not”. It occurs 724 times in 570 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive)
Aramaic equivalent: al (אַל "not" H0409)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJV	never (2), no (1), nothing (1), neither (1), nor (1), nay (1), whither (1), none (1), worth (1), than (1), not (1)
BSB	do not (454), not (36), no (25), never (14), nor (10), be not (8), let me not (6), let no (6), you must not (5), let not (5), do not let (5), must not (4), and 59 other renderings

Verses

Al occurs in 570 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (34): 13:8, 15:1, 18:3, 18:30, 18:32, 19:7, 19:8, 19:17, 19:18, 21:12, 21:16, 21:17, 22:12, 24:56, 26:2, 26:24, 31:35, 33:10, 35:17, 37:22, 37:27, 42:22, 43:23, 44:18, 45:5, 45:9, 45:20, 45:24, 46:3, 47:29, 49:4, 49:6, 50:19, 50:21

Exodus (18): 3:5, 5:9, 8:29, 12:9, 14:13, 16:19, 16:29, 19:15, 19:24, 20:19, 20:20, 23:1, 23:7, 23:21, 32:22, 33:15, 34:3, 36:6

Leviticus (10): 10:6, 10:9, 11:43, 16:2, 18:24, 19:4, 19:29, 19:31, 25:14, 25:36

Numbers (12): 4:18, 10:31, 11:15, 12:11, 12:12, 14:9, 14:42, 16:15, 16:26, 21:34, 22:16, 32:5

Deuteronomy (14): 1:21, 2:5, 2:9, 2:19, 3:2, 3:26, 9:4, 9:7, 9:26, 9:27, 20:3, 21:8, 31:6, 33:6

Joshua (14): 1:7, 1:9, 3:4, 7:3, 7:19, 8:1, 8:4, 10:6, 10:8, 10:19, 10:25, 11:6, 22:19, 22:22

Judges (11): 4:18, 6:18, 6:23, 6:39, 13:4, 13:7, 13:14, 18:9, 18:25, 19:20, 19:23

Ruth (8): 1:13, 1:16, 1:20, 2:8, 3:3, 3:11, 3:14, 3:17

1 Samuel (24): 1:16, 2:3, 2:24, 3:17, 4:20, 6:3, 7:8, 9:20, 12:19, 12:20, 16:7, 17:32, 18:17, 19:4, 20:3, 20:38, 21:2, 22:15, 22:23, 23:17, 25:25, 26:9, 26:20, 28:13

2 Samuel (17): 1:20, 1:21, 3:29, 9:7, 11:25, 13:12, 13:16, 13:20, 13:25, 13:28, 13:32, 13:33, 14:2, 14:18, 17:16, 19:19, 24:14

1 Kings (11): 2:9, 2:16, 2:20, 3:26, 8:57, 13:22, 17:13, 18:40, 20:8, 20:11, 22:8

2 Kings (22): 1:15, 2:18, 3:13, 4:3, 4:16, 4:24, 6:16, 6:27, 9:15, 10:19, 10:25, 11:15, 12:7, 18:26, 18:29, 18:30, 18:31, 18:32, 19:6, 19:10, 23:18, 25:24

1 Chronicles (4): 16:22, 21:13, 22:13, 28:20

2 Chronicles (15): 6:42, 13:12, 14:11, 15:7, 18:7, 20:15, 20:17, 23:6, 25:7, 29:11, 30:7, 30:8, 32:7, 32:15, 35:21

Ezra (1): 9:12

Nehemiah (7): 4:5, 4:14, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 9:32, 13:14

Esther (3): 4:13, 4:16, 6:10

Job (22): 1:12, 3:4, 3:6, 3:7, 3:9, 5:17, 5:22, 6:29, 9:34, 10:2, 11:14, 13:20, 13:21, 15:31, 16:18, 20:17, 24:25, 32:21, 36:18, 36:20, 36:21, 41:8

Psalms (89): 4:4, 6:1, 9:19, 10:12, 19:13, 22:11, 22:19, 25:2, 25:7, 25:20, 26:9, 27:9, 27:12, 28:1, 28:3, 31:1, 31:17, 32:9, 34:5, 35:19, 35:22, 35:24, 35:25, 36:11, 37:1, 37:7, 37:8, 38:1, 38:21, 39:8, 39:12, 40:17, 41:2, 44:23, 49:16, 50:3, 51:11, 55:1, 59:5, 59:11, 62:10, 66:7, 69:6, 69:14, 69:15, 69:17, 69:25, 69:27, 69:28, 70:5, 71:1, 71:9, 71:12, 71:18, 74:19, 74:21, 74:23, 75:4, 75:5, 79:8, 83:1, 85:8, 95:8, 102:2, 102:24, 103:2, 105:15, 109:1, 109:12, 109:14, 119:8, 119:10, 119:19, 119:31, 119:36, 119:43, 119:116, 119:122, 119:133, 121:3, 132:10, 138:8, 140:8, 141:4, 141:5, 141:8, 143:2, 143:7, 146:3

Proverbs (74): 1:8, 1:10, 1:15, 3:1, 3:3, 3:5, 3:7, 3:11, 3:21, 3:25, 3:27, 3:28, 3:29, 3:30, 3:31, 4:2, 4:5, 4:6, 4:13, 4:14, 4:15, 4:21, 4:27, 5:7, 5:8, 6:4, 6:20, 6:25, 7:25, 8:10, 8:33, 9:8, 12:28, 17:12, 19:18, 20:13, 20:22, 22:22, 22:24, 22:26, 22:28, 23:3, 23:4, 23:6, 23:9, 23:10, 23:13, 23:17, 23:20, 23:22, 23:23, 23:31, 24:1, 24:15, 24:17, 24:19, 24:21, 24:28, 24:29, 25:6, 25:8, 25:9, 26:4, 26:25, 27:1, 27:2, 27:10, 28:17, 30:6, 30:7, 30:8, 30:10, 31:3, 31:4

Ecclesiastes (15): 5:2, 5:4, 5:6, 5:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:21, 8:3, 9:8, 10:4, 10:20, 11:6

Song of Solomon (2): 1:6, 7:2

Isaiah (36): 2:9, 6:9, 7:4, 10:24, 14:29, 16:3, 22:4, 28:22, 35:4, 36:11, 36:14, 36:15, 36:16, 37:6, 37:10, 40:9, 41:10, 41:13, 41:14, 43:1, 43:5, 43:6, 43:18, 44:2, 44:8, 51:7, 52:11, 54:2, 54:4, 56:3, 58:1, 62:6, 62:7, 64:9, 65:5, 65:8

Jeremiah (67): 1:7, 1:8, 1:17, 4:3, 4:6, 5:10, 6:25, 7:4, 7:6, 7:16, 9:4, 9:23, 10:2, 10:5, 10:24, 11:14, 12:6, 13:15, 14:9, 14:11, 14:17, 14:21, 15:15, 16:5, 17:17, 17:18, 17:21, 18:18, 18:23, 20:14, 22:3, 22:10, 23:16, 25:6, 26:2, 27:9, 27:14, 27:16, 27:17, 29:6, 29:8, 30:10, 35:15, 36:19, 37:9, 37:20, 38:14, 38:24, 38:25, 39:12, 40:9, 40:16, 41:8, 42:11, 42:19, 44:4, 45:5, 46:6, 46:27, 46:28, 50:2, 50:14, 50:26, 50:29, 51:3, 51:6, 51:50

Lamentations (4): 2:18, 3:56, 3:57, 4:15

Ezekiel (7): 2:6, 2:8, 7:12, 9:5, 9:6, 20:7, 20:18

Daniel (3): 9:19, 10:12, 10:19

Hosea (3): 4:4, 4:15, 9:1

Joel (4): 2:13, 2:17, 2:21, 2:22

Amos (2): 5:5, 5:14

Obadiah (3): 1:12, 1:13, 1:14

Jonah (2): 1:14, 3:7

Micah (4): 1:10, 2:6, 7:5, 7:8

Zephaniah (1): 3:16

Haggai (1): 2:5

Zechariah (5): 1:4, 7:10, 8:13, 8:15, 8:17

Malachi (1): 2:15

Notes

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).