אַל S 408, 409, 510 TWOT 2574, 90 GK 440, 441, 554 adv. of negation ( ^{so Ph. e.g. CIS}
i. ^3,4.5.8, Biblical Aramaic, Sab. ( DHM ^ZMG 1875, 596 ), and in the Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( ˒albo ) albo, is not ) , denying however, not objectively as a fact (like לֹא , οὐ ), but subjectively as a wish (like µν́ ), expressing therefore a deprecation or prohibition: a.

( a ) with a verb, which is then always an impf. (never an imperative), by preference in the cohort. or jussive mood, where this is in use, and may be of any person or number; Gn 15:1 and often אַל־תִּירָא fear not! 22:12 אַל־תִּשְׁלַח יָֽדְךָ put not forth thy hand, 37:27 וְיָדֵנוּ אַל־תְּהִי־בֹו and let not our hand be upon him, 21:16 אַל־אֶרְאֶה let me not look upon the death of the lad! ψ 25:2 אַל־אֵבֹושָׁה let me not be ashamed; with 1 pl. (rare) 2 S 13:25 Je 18:18 Jon 1:1 4. In an imprecation: Gn 49:4 אַל־תֹּותַר have not thou the excellency! ψ 109:12 Jb 3:4 , 6 . Sometimes strengthened by נָא : Gn 13:8 18:3 al. ( b ) without a verb, ( α ) 2 S 1:21 let (there be) not dew & not rain upon you! Is 62:6 ψ 83:2 . ( β ) used absol. , in

deprecation Gn 19:18 2 S 13:16 ( v. sub אוֹדָה ) 2 K 3:13 ; 4:16 ; 6:27 ( v. RV m: but possibly to be expl. by Dr ^{§ 152 iii}; so Th K e: hardly as Ew ^{§ 355b}) Ru 1:13 אַל בְּנֹתַי Nay , my daughters, cf. Ju 19:2 3; ( γ ) after a preceding imper. A, 5:14 Jo 2:13 Pr 8:1 0,

a juss. 27: 2, an inf. abs. 17:1 2. ( c ) in poetry אַל sometimes expresses vividly the emotion or sympathy of the poet ( v. Dr ^{§ 56–8}); Is 2:9 וְאַל־תִּשָּׂא לָהֶם and forgive them not! (with a touch of passion), ψ 41:3 Pr 3:25 Jb 5:2 2; ψ 34:6 (but Ö ã

Ew Che here read וּפְנֵיכֶם , prob. rightly); 50:3a may our God come יֶ˜חֱ˜רָשׁ וְאַל־ and not be silent! (the psalmist identifying himself with a spectator of the scene v 2, 3b –c) 121:3 (contrast v 4 לֹא ) Je 46:6 +., b. once Pr 12:28 joined closely to a subst. ( cf. לֹא 2b ): In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof אַל־מָוֶת there is no-death! ; but error for אֶל־ ‘unto’ Capp Ö É å

É . c. once Jb 24:25 used poet. as a subst. , And bring my words לְאַל to nought! —

Ph. Phenician. CIS Corpus Inscript. Semiticarum. DHM D. H. Müller.

ZMG Zeitschrift d. deutsch. Morgenländ. Gesellschaft. impf. Imperfect.

RVm Revised Version margin. Dr S. R. Driver, Hebrew Tenses; Th O. Thenius.

Ke C. F. Keil. Ew H. Ewals, Heb. . Gram.; juss. jussive.

Ew H. Ewals. subst. substantive. Capp J. Cappel. ÉÑ Vulgate.

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