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לֹא H3808
Conj-w | Adv  |  5194× in 5 senses
simple negation (not); rhetorical interrogative negation; privative without; standalone no (refusal/denial); nor (conjunctive series negation)

Senses
1. simple negation (not) The standard Hebrew negative particle used to negate verbs, adjectives, and clauses, including with conjunctive waw ('and not') and in relative clauses ('who/that not'). 4839×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Affirmation, Negation Negation Particles
AR["لا","لَا","لَم","لَمْ","لَيْسَ"]·ben["না"]·DE["nicht","nicht-"]·EN["not"]·FR["pas"]·heb["לא"]·HI["नहि","नही̃","नहीं","नहीं-"]·ID["Jangan","bukan-","tidak"]·IT["non"]·jav["Sampun","boten","dereng","dèrèng","mboten"]·KO["아니","아니-","아니냐","아니다","아니라면","아니한다","않다","않으면","않을-것이다","않을-것이다-"]·PT["Não","não","não-"]·RU["не","нет"]·ES["no"]·SW["Sitaharibu","ata","haikuwa-","haitakuwepo","haitakuwepo-","hakuikubali","hakuwa","hamtaondoka","hapana","hata","hatuku","kondoo","kwa-ajili-ya","msifanye","si","sikufikiria","sikujulikana","wala"]·TR["Değil","değil"]·urd["نہیں"]
2. rhetorical interrogative negation Used in rhetorical questions expecting an affirmative answer, typically with interrogative he (הֲלֹא 'is it not?', 'did not?'), functioning as a persuasive or emphatic assertion. 275×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Affirmation, Negation Negation Particles
AR["ألَيسَ","أَ-لَيْسَ","أَلَا","أَلَمْ","أَلَيسَ","أَلَيْسَ","أَلَيْسَتْ"]·ben["কি","কি-নয়","কি-না","না-কি"]·DE["Did-nicht","habe-nicht","hat-nicht","ist-es-nicht","ist-es-nicht-","ist-nicht","nicht","nicht-auch","tat-nicht"]·EN["Did-not","Is-not","are-they-not","did-not","have-I-not","have-not","is-it-not","is-not","not","not-also","shall-I-not"]·FR["Est-pas","Fit-ne-pas","ai-pas","devra-je-ne-pas","est-cela-pas","est-ne-pas","est-pas","fit-ne-pas","ne-pas-aussi","ne...pas","n’est-ce-pas","pas"]·heb["ה-לא","הֲ-לֹא","הלא","לא"]·HI["क्य-नहि","क्या-नही̃","क्या-नहीं","हलो"]·ID["Bukankah","Bukankah-","Tidakkah","bukankah","tidakkah"]·IT["Did-non","Is-non","avere-non","dovere-io-non","fece-non","non","non-anche","non-e-forse","non-è","è-esso-non","è-non"]·jav["Menapa-boten","Menapa-mboten","Punapa-boten","Punapa-mboten","Punapa-sanes","Punapa-sanès","menapa-boten","menapa-mboten","menapa-sanès","punapa-boten","punapa-mboten","punapa-sanes","sanès","sanès-ta"]·KO["(의문)아니","(질문)아니하여","아니","아니-","아니-냐","아니-하였느냐","아니냐","아니냐-","안-","하지-않았느냐"]·PT["Acaso-não","Não","Não-é","Porventura-não","acaso-não","não"]·RU["Разве-не","не","разве-не"]·ES["Acaso-no","acaso-no","no-están","¿Acaso-no","¿No","¿No-es-así?","¿No?","¿acaso-no","¿no","¿no-es"]·SW["Je","Je-","je","je-haku-","je-hamkuwauliza","je-si","je-si-hivyo","kwamba","si"]·TR["Değil-mi","degil-mi","değil-mi"]·urd["کیا-نہ","کیا-نہیں"]
3. privative without Used with prepositions (בְּלֹא, לְלֹא) to form the privative sense 'without, lacking, in the absence of'. 51×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Affirmation, Negation Negation Particles
AR["بِ-غَيْرِ","بِ-لاَ","بِ-لَا","بِدُونِ","بِلا","بِلا-","بِلَا","بِلَا-","تَمُوتُ","فِي-غَيْرِ-","وَبِ-لاَ"]·ben["-তার-আগে-","-বিনা","আর-ছাড়া-না","ছাড়া","ছাড়া-","ছাড়া-না","না","না-থাকতে","বিনা","বিনা-"]·DE["in-nicht","nicht","ohne","ohne-","und-zu-nicht","zu-nicht"]·EN["and-without","for-lack-of","for-no","in-not","in-not-","not","so-that-not","with-no","with-no-","with-not","without","without-"]·FR["dans-ne...pas","et-zu-ne-pas","in-ne-pas","ne-pas","sans","sans-","zu-ne-pas"]·heb["ב-לא","ב-לא-","ב-לא־","ו-ל-לא","ל-לא","לא"]·HI["और-के-नहीं","के-नहीं","नहीं","बिना","बिना-","में-बिना"]·ID["bukan-di","dan-tanpa","sebelum","sehingga-tidak","tanpa","tanpa-"]·IT["a-non","e-a-non","in-non","non","senza","senza-"]·jav["boten","lan-tanpa","mboten","mboten-","saderengipun","tanpa","tanpa-"]·KO["-없이","그리고-없이-","아니하여-","없다","없음-으로","없이","없이-","없이-에-의","에-없이"]·PT["Antes-de","e-sem","por-falta-de","sem","sem-"]·RU["без","без-","и-без","не","не-","не-в","прежде-","так-что-не"]·ES["Antes-de","antes-de","de-modo-que-no","fuera-de","sin","sin-","y-sin"]·SW["bila","bila-","kabla-ya","kwa-kukosa","na-bila"]·TR["-siz","-siz-düşmanlık","-sız","değil","değil-","olmadan","olmadan-","pusu","ve-olmadan"]·urd["اور-بغیر","بغیر","بغیر-","نہیں"]
4. standalone no (refusal/denial) Used independently as a negative answer or exclamation meaning 'no!', functioning as a complete utterance rather than modifying a verb or clause. 28×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Affirmation, Negation Negation Particles
AR["(لَا)","لا","لا-","لاَ","لَا","لَا-"]·ben["(না)","কি","না","না-"]·DE["nein","nein-"]·EN["no"]·FR["non"]·heb["לא"]·HI["नहि","नहीं"]·ID["Tidak","tidak","tidak-ada-"]·IT["no"]·jav["Mboten-","boten","boten-wonten-","mboten"]·KO["아니","아니-있다","아니다","아니라","아닙니다"]·PT["(não)","Não","não"]·RU["Нет","нет"]·ES["(no)","No","no","no-hay"]·SW["Hapana","ata","hakuna-","hapana","kwa-sababu","na-huyu","si"]·TR["(hayır)","Hayır","Hayır-","değil-","hayır"]·urd["(نہیں)","نہ-","نہیں","نہیں۔"]
5. nor (conjunctive series negation) Used with conjunctive waw in a negative series to mean 'nor, and not either', connecting additional negated items or clauses.
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Affirmation, Negation Negation Particles
AR["وَ-لا"]·ben["কিন্তু-না"]·DE["nicht"]·EN["nor"]·FR["et-ne...pas"]·heb["ו-לא"]·HI["और-नहीं"]·ID["dan-bukan"]·IT["e-non"]·jav["lan-sanes"]·KO["그리고-아니"]·PT["nem"]·RU["и-не"]·ES["ni"]·SW["wala-si"]·TR["ve-değil"]·urd["اور-نہ"]

BDB / Lexicon Reference
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not (Arabic لَا, Aramaic לָא, ܠܴܐ, Sab. לא, Assyrian lâ; not in Ethiopic: cf. Köii. 1. 236 Walker AJSL 1896, 237 ff.)—לוֹא, according to Mass. (FrMM 248), 35 times, besides בְּלוֹא 6 times, and הֲלוֹא, the orthogr. of which varies much (ib.p. 251), e.g. in S always הֲלוֹא, in Chr always הֲלֹא, on the whole הֲלוֹא 141 times, הֲלֹא 128 times; twice, according to Mass, written לו