Etymology?:
a negative particle ( akin to lōʾ לֹא ‘not’ )
Roots:
לוא לוה
ʾal adv
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)
Mentioned in Genesis 26:24, 31:35, 37:22, 43:23, 45:9, 46:3, 49:4, 21:12, 13:8, 15:1, 18:3, 24:56, 44:18, 18:30, 18:32, 19:18, 19:7, 37:27, 45:24, 19:17, 19:8, 49:6, 21:16, 21:17, 22:12, 26:2, 33:10, 35:17, 42:22, 45:5, 45:20, 47:29, 50:19, 50:21 Exodus 32:22, 3:5, 19:24, 33:15, 5:9, 16:19, 16:29, 34:3, 36:6, 12:9, 8:25, 10:28, 14:13, 19:15, 20:19, 20:20, 23:1, 23:7, 23:21 Codex Leviticus 10:9, 10:6, 16:2, 25:14, 19:31, 25:36, 11:43, 18:24, 19:4, 19:29 Numbers 12:11, 16:26, 16:15, 32:5, 14:42, 14:9, 12:12, 4:18, 10:31, 11:15, 21:34, 22:16 Deuteronomy 1:21, 9:27, 9:26, 20:3, 2:5, 2:9, 2:19, 3:2, 3:26, 9:4, 9:7, 21:8, 31:6, 33:6 Joshua 7:3, 22:19, 8:4, 10:19, 10:25, 10:6, 10:8, 3:4, 1:7, 1:9, 7:19, 8:1, 11:6, 22:22 Judges 4:18, 19:23, 18:25, 19:20, 6:39, 13:4, 13:7, 13:14, 6:18, 6:23, 18:9 1 Samuel 9:20, 19:4, 20:3, 22:15, 23:17, 26:9, 20:38, 25:25, 16:7, 17:32, 6:3, 26:20, 21:3, 12:20, 18:17, 27:10, 1:16, 2:3, 2:24, 3:17, 4:20, 7:8, 12:19, 22:23, 28:13 2 Samuel 3:29, 9:7, 13:16, 13:25, 13:20, 13:28, 13:32, 14:2, 13:33, 14:18, 19:20, 24:14, 13:12, 11:25, 1:20, 1:21, 17:16 1 Kings 8:57, 13:22, 20:8, 3:26, 2:16, 2:20, 22:8, 17:13, 2:9, 18:40, 20:11 2 Kings 3:13, 10:19, 4:16, 19:6, 6:27, 18:26, 11:15, 12:8, 10:25, 18:31, 23:18, 25:24, 1:15, 2:18, 4:3, 4:24, 6:16, 9:15, 18:29, 18:30, 18:32, 19:10 Isaiah 37:6, 2:9, 10:24, 28:22, 54:2, 7:4, 22:4, 44:8, 36:11, 36:16, 6:9, 14:29, 16:3, 35:4, 36:14, 36:15, 37:10, 40:9, 41:10, 41:13, 41:14, 43:1, 43:5, 43:6, 43:18, 44:2, 51:7, 52:11, 54:4, 56:3, 58:1, 62:6, 62:7, 64:8, 65:5, 65:8 Jeremiah 12:6, 35:15, 18:18, 37:20, 10:2, 13:15, 1:17, 9:3, 41:8, 40:9, 40:16, 7:6, 25:6, 6:25, 7:16, 10:5, 11:14, 30:10, 46:27, 36:19, 4:3, 14:9, 38:24, 51:6, 10:24, 1:7, 1:8, 4:6, 5:10, 7:4, 9:22, 14:11, 14:17, 14:21, 15:15, 16:5, 17:17, 17:18, 17:21, 18:23, 20:14, 22:3, 22:10, 23:16, 26:2, 27:9, 27:14, 27:16, 27:17, 29:6, 29:8, 37:9, 38:14, 38:25, 39:12, 42:11, 42:19, 44:4, 45:5, 46:6, 46:28, 50:2, 50:14, 50:26, 50:29, 51:3, 51:50 Ezekiel 20:18, 7:12, 2:6, 2:8, 9:5, 9:6, 20:7 Hosea 9:1, 4:4, 4:15 Joel 2:21, 2:17, 2:13, 2:22 Amos 5:5, 5:14 Obadiah 1:12, 1:13, 1:14 Jonah 1:14, 3:7 Micah 7:8, 1:10, 2:6, 7:5 Zephaniah 3:16 Haggai 2:5 Zechariah 1:4, 8:17, 7:10, 8:13, 8:15 Malachi 2:15 Psalms 39:13, 109:14, 40:18, 70:6, 74:21, 146:3, 35:22, 44:24, 59:12, 69:7, 141:8, 69:26, 28:3, 59:6, 119:133, 141:4, 19:14, 55:2, 102:3, 69:16, 25:2, 35:19, 41:3, 22:20, 22:12, 32:9, 9:20, 26:9, 37:7, 49:17, 37:8, 50:3, 4:5, 6:2, 10:12, 25:7, 25:20, 27:9, 27:12, 28:1, 31:2, 31:18, 34:6, 35:24, 35:25, 36:12, 37:1, 38:2, 38:22, 39:9, 51:13, 57:1, 58:1, 59:1, 62:11, 66:7, 69:15, 69:18, 69:28, 69:29, 71:1, 71:9, 71:12, 71:18, 74:19, 74:23, 75:1, 75:5, 75:6, 79:8, 83:2, 85:9, 95:8, 102:25, 103:2, 105:15, 109:1, 109:12, 119:8, 119:10, 119:19, 119:31, 119:36, 119:43, 119:116, 119:122, 121:3, 132:10, 138:8, 140:9, 141:5, 143:2, 143:7 Proverbs 1:8, 6:20, 22:28, 23:22, 27:10, 1:10, 30:10, 23:31, 3:30, 28:17, 4:6, 9:8, 20:13, 31:4, 23:3, 23:6, 24:1, 17:12, 26:4, 23:9, 25:9, 25:8, 24:17, 3:31, 22:24, 24:29, 1:15, 3:1, 3:3, 3:5, 3:7, 3:11, 3:21, 3:25, 3:27, 3:28, 3:29, 4:2, 4:5, 4:13, 4:14, 4:15, 4:21, 4:27, 5:7, 5:8, 6:4, 6:25, 7:25, 8:10, 8:33, 12:28, 19:18, 20:22, 22:22, 22:26, 23:4, 23:10, 23:13, 23:17, 23:20, 23:23, 24:15, 24:19, 24:21, 24:28, 25:6, 26:25, 27:1, 27:2, 30:6, 30:7, 30:8, 31:3 Job 32:21, 11:14, 36:21, 3:9, 9:34, 13:21, 1:12, 3:4, 3:6, 3:7, 5:17, 5:22, 6:29, 10:2, 15:31, 16:18, 20:17, 24:25, 36:18, 36:20, 40:32, 41:1 Song of Songs 7:3, 1:6 Ruth 1:16, 2:8, 1:13, 3:3, 3:14, 1:20, 3:11, 3:17 Lamentations 2:18, 3:56, 3:57, 4:15 Ecclesiastes 11:6, 7:18, 5:3, 5:1, 5:5, 5:7, 7:9, 7:10, 7:16, 7:17, 7:21, 8:3, 9:8, 10:4, 10:20 Esther 4:16, 4:13, 6:10 Daniel 10:19, 9:19, 10:12 Ezra 9:12 Nehemiah 9:32, 8:9, 4:8, 8:10, 3:37, 8:11, 13:14 1 Chronicles 21:13, 22:13, 16:22, 28:20 2 Chronicles 13:12, 30:7, 30:8, 32:15, 18:7, 14:10, 25:7, 6:42, 15:7, 20:15, 20:17, 23:6, 29:11, 32:7, 35:21