הֲ/לֹֽא

𐤄/𐤋𐤀

halo

Does not

or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

H3808

Proverbs 8:1 · Word #1

Lexicon H3808

Lemmaלֹא
Lemma (Paleo)𐤋𐤀
Transliterationlôʼ
Strong'sH3808
In-contextDoes not

Morphology HTi/Tn All morphology codes

Part of Speech T — Particle — Function word
Subtype n — Negative — Negative particle

SIBI-P1 H3808-02

not

Rootלא (l-ʾ)
Core Meaningsnegation, denial, absence, non-existence
Semantic RangeSimple negation (not, no); absolute denial; used with other particles to express conditional negation (unless, except, if not); can negate verbs, nouns, adjectives, or entire clauses; appears 5,271 times in the Hebrew Bible as the most frequent negation particle.
Conceptual SignificanceAs the primary negation particle in Biblical Hebrew, לֹא is fundamental to expressing denial, prohibition, and the absence of divine or human action. It appears in legal prohibitions (the Ten Commandments), wisdom literature expressing what is not true, and prophetic declarations of what will not occur. Its theological weight lies in its use to deny false claims about God and to express the conditional nature of covenant blessings and curses.
Morphological NotesHTi/Tn indicates a Hebrew particle (H = Hebrew, T = particle, i = indeclinable, / = separator, T = particle, n = not inflected). The word appears with the interrogative prefix הֲ (ha-) in the surface forms, making the phrase 'are they not' or 'is it not,' but the particle itself remains uninflected.
Rendering RationaleThe word לֹא (lôʼ) is a primitive particle of negation with no verbal stem or inflectional morphology—it does not carry gender, number, or person markers. The morphology code HTi/Tn indicates it is a particle (not a verb or noun), so grammatical gender/number/person do not apply. The faithful rendering 'not' preserves the root's core semantic function as a simple, absolute negation.

AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)

Words from Root לא (negation, denial, absence, non-existence)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3809-01 hala Is it not?
H3808-03 haloh is it not
H3808-04 kelo as-if-not
H3809-02 la not
H3808-07 lo not
H3884-01 lule if-not / were-it-not
H3884-02 luley were-it-not
H3808-08 shelo that not
H3808-09 ulelo and-not
H3808-10 uvelo and without
H3808-11 vahalo and not
H3808-12 valo and not
H3809-03 vela and not
H3808-13 velo and not
H3808-14 vl and-not

Word Usage (5191 occurrences of H3808)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:5 לֹ֨א lo not
Genesis 2:17 לֹ֥א lo not
Genesis 2:18 לֹא lo not
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