1. לא
לא יכְלוּ דּבָּרן they could not bring themselves to speak to him Gn 374
The corpus record — Hebrew
לֹ֨א
lo
לא יכְלוּ דּבָּרן they could not bring themselves to speak to him Gn 374
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 5,191 · 169.21/10k
Senses
2. לא
לא and 19 2S 197 Nu 2299, with אם Jb 1144
3. לא
Ru 147 (+ Rudolph)
4. לא
there is no
5. לא
לא בָנִים childless 1C 239
6. לא
לא ,סאבא Drower-M
7. לא
לא עַמִי and לא הון
8. לא
לא 15 209 2K 526
9. לא
36 am not at ease Jb 1 לא שָלוְתִי (אין לא מוח תִמַחוּן ,]4 “POA 1 send no ra
10. לא
לא Ps 443, לא איש ITN and OT לא 77 a sword, not of man (i
11. לא
לא יכל Hos 85 incapable of purity (Wolff BK 14/12:168 and 181f, cf
12. לא
לא עז Pr 3025, the coney (badger, ? genet) DIS) לא DY 3096
13. לֹא
not
14. לֹא
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Attestations
- לֹ֨א Genesis 2:5 (BHS)
- לֹ֥א Genesis 2:17 (BHS)
- לֹא Genesis 2:18 (BHS)
- לֹֽא Genesis 2:20 (BHS)
- וְ/לֹ֖א Genesis 2:25 (BHS)
- לֹ֣א Genesis 3:1 (BHS)
6 of 5,191 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 116; entry #488 Review: Under source audit
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