לֹ֨א

‏לא יכְלוּ דּבָּרן‎ they could not bring themselves to speak to him Gn 374; —3. to prevail: a) abs. Gn 308 3229 Jr 207 Hos 125; ? to take space from ‏(אַחיקים)‎ Ezk 425 (rd. 1737, Elliger Fschr. Alt 1:89 :: Loewenstamm-B. 1:12, 116: taking space, ‏אכל‎ 3); with ‏,לא‎ to achieve nothing Is 16)2, with 52 Ps 2119; with }/2, not to stand up to Job 313; b) with acc., to prevail over Ps 135; c) with 2 Gn 326 Nu 1339 Ju … — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 57]

‏לא‎ and 19 2S 197 Nu 2299, with ‏אם‎ Jb 1144.15 2293.26; 6( MY "D> when the preceding condition is only supposed: surely then Jb 3 72). ‎following a negative clause: a) on the‏ כִי.3-- ‎contrary: Gn 35 175 244 Dt 13[0 Is 7g, > only‏ — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 116]

לא ‎Ru 147 (+ Rudolph); b) in protestations: i)‏ ‎no, but (MHeb.): Gn 18155 192 422, Jos‏ כִי ‎161g 2424; ii) not thus!‏ 25 (לא ‎(rd.‏ 246 15 514 ‎(without dagesh, united by accents and‏ לא כִי ‎set apart from the following, Nestle ZAW‏ ‎26:163f.) 1K 3.23 Is 3016; 6( the preceding‏ ‎negation being suggested by the context: no,‏ ‎Ps 4453 Ru 1.‏ 6ן31 ‎on the contrary Gn‏ .)5 אם ‎—4.°D except 15 1825 (K°" MSS‏ … — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 116]

לא there is no ... Is 4419, ‏לא הוא‎ he is of no account Jr 512, cj. ‏לא הוא‎ he does not exist Jb 413. —6. negates two consecutive verbs: ‏לא‎ ‎F271 ... THIN and not take Dt 725, Is 2827. —7. introduces subordinate clause: so that not Ex 2832 Is 417; thus more frequently 87) Gn 422 Ex 2835.43 Dt 1717 Jr 104. —8. before sbst., orig. circumstantial clause (Kuhr Hypotaxe 14ff): a) adv. = without: "DWE ‏לא‎ no fault of … — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 157]

‏לא בָנִים‎ childless 1C 239; such rhetorical litotes is popular for intensification: OD VAD ‏לא‎ TWIN Is 16,4 (Lande 60ff). --9. ‏לא‎ and ‏[לא‎ = 8977 and 817) when the question is already expressed by the context: Lam 336.38; Ex 2 1S 209 Jr 499 Jon 4); Jb —10. ‏לא‎ = no (Gesenius-K. §152c; Lande 65f): ‏לא כִי‎ no; but Gn 192 ‏5ן18‎ Jos 514, ‏לא‎ ‎no Gn 4249, ‏לא‎ oh no! Jb 23¢. --11. ‏אִם לא‎ (> D8 4b, 5, 8): a) … — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 157]

‏לא ,סאבא‎ Drower-M. Dictionary 228a) Ps 365, TAM ‏לא‎ unclean Gn 72, 1D ‏ללא‎ and — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 157]

‏לא עַמִי‎ and ‏לא הון ;לא רְחָמָה‎ derision money לא predicate “JN? "2D MD “the daughter of my people is really cruel” Lam 43 (Rudolph 245); for intensification: ‏לְכָל-נָדִיב‎ everyone who is willing 1C 282); summarising at the end of an enumeration: JV? ... ‏לֶסיחון‎ namely Sihon and Og Ps 135}; ¢; it often remains controversial, (Song 13 Albright Fschr. Driver 2: Rudolph 122) touches upon I ‏ל‎ 20; written — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 157]

‏לא‎ 15 209 2K 526; emphatic and vocative ‏ל‎ ‎are distinguished by Dahood Biblica 47:407; cj. Ps 119028 "FW"? ‏פקודיך‎ (JHEaton VT 18:557f). ,הלוא ‎times 8193, 140 times‏ 6 ,לוא ‎times‏ 35 ,לא ‎Sem.,‏ :202 246 15 לו ,[ן3 ‎N77, TOT Dt‏ ‎Lachish MHeb., Ug. / also proclitic, not in‏ ‎Ph. Pun. Mo. and Yaud.; Arm. 87, OArm.‏ ‎proclitic 9 (Jean-H. Dictionnaire 133) Pehl.‏ ‎BArm.) EgArm. JArm. SamP. CPArm.‏ >( ‎Syr. Mnd. … — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 157]

לא ,36 ‎am not at ease Jb‏ 1 לא שָלוְתִי (אין לא מוח תִמַחוּן ,]4 ‎“POA 1 send no rain Am‏ ‎you will certainly not die Gn 34; occasionally‏ ‎(Dt 53) “not only” (Hempel ZAW 65:120!).‏ ‎a) with impf., strictly forbidding: 8°‏ .2— ‎TSN you do not kill, meaning you shall not‏ ‎b) rarely with jussive: you may‏ ;3ן20 ‎kill Ex‏ ‎Dt 13, (defective writing misun-‏ לא חסף ‎not:‏ ‎and‏ תסף ‎derstood, Gesenius-K. §109d), rd.‏ … — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 157]

‏לא ‎Ps 443, ‏לא איש‎ ITN and OT ‏לא‎ 77 a sword, not of man (i.e. God) Is 31g (these are probably incidental, short-lived formations). ‎—14. sbst. (K6nig; Tur-S. Job 63, 126; Dahood 3101108 47:408) cf. ‏אין‎ A 2 (Is 40)7 parallel with O58) and ‏אל‎ Jb 245; BArm. 7? (var. ‏לא‎ Da 43, Theodotion, Pesh.): nothing, with 7777 Jb 6;x, Tg. (Q 17) and 346 (?) to be ruined. + ‎—15. collocations: a) with 2: 873 (Brockelmann … — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 158]

‏לא יכל‎ Hos 85 incapable of purity (Wolff BK 14/12:168 and 181f, cf. I. Willi-Plein BZAW 123 (1971):165, :: Rudolph KAT 13/1:156, 158; + ‏יכל‎ 1b); DBD 13 77 Ps 266 ‏בַן73‎ and "BD ‏בֶּנְקיון‎ Gn 20s, > ‏מִי נָ'*‎ (> ‏(רִיחַניחוחַ‎ .+ ‎Bauer-L. Heb. 4700: MHeb.; ?‏ ,נקק :נָקיק* ‎(Jean-H. Dictionnaire 185), Eth.‏ נק ‎Pun.‏ ‏6 :נקיקי ,נְקיק :)645 ‎neqaq (Dillmann‏ ‎crack (Schwarzenbach 47), always with Y'0‏ ‎Is Ti9 … — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 367]

‏לא עז‎ Pr 3025, the coney (badger, ? genet) DIS) ‏לא‎ DY 3096. —2. pl. ‏עמים‎ peoples (Lam ‏הַן1‎ rd. with Q DLT, Gesenius-K. §17b): Dt 14) Ps 30 (parallel with ‏;(נוים‎ O°AY ‏יקַהֶה* > יקהת‎ obedient to the peoples (vRad ATD 2-49:345) or, to the tribes (Zobel BZAW 95 (1965):4 and 13) Gn 4919; ‏קהל עמִים‎ Gn 283 48, (:: ‏ק' נוים‎ 3511); MISINT ‏עַמִי‎ > 4 6; Is 3,3 and Dt 333 for ‏עַמִים‎ prp. ‏.עמו‎ —3. OY not … — [Koehler–Baumgartner, s.v. לא, p. 484]

לֹא or לוֹא adv. not