Not
לָאStrong’s H3809la
Appears in 60 verses of the Old Testament
In short
La is the Aramaic word usually translated “not” and “as not”. It appears in 60 verses of the Old Testament.
“The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.”
Meaning
- No, not, nothing
How it's translated
- not 70
- and not 11
- as not 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 47
- Ezra 12
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:9In contextBut if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 2:10In contextThe Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
- Daniel 2:11In contextAnd it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- Daniel 2:18In contextThat they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:27In contextDaniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
- Daniel 2:30In contextBut as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
Aramaic dictionary
לָא la · not
no, not, nothing Aramaic of lo (לֹא "not" H3808)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “not” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NOT, adverb
[See Naught.]
- A word that expreses negation, denial or refusal; as, he will no go; will you remain? I will not In the first member of a sentence, it may be followed by nor or neither; as not for a price nor reward; I was not in sfety, neither had I rest.
- With the substantive verb in the following phrase, it denies being, or denotes extinction of existence.“Thine eyes are open upon me, and I am not” Job 14:3
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.