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title: אַל — do not · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אַל (lemma:אַל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: do not. BDB 1906: adv. prohibition, do not let not. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַל

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«אַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **do not** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:אַל · **BDB:** אַל

### Glosses

not (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

do not [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. prohibition, do not let not [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. of prohibition, do not …, let not …, sq. impf. (= BH I. אַל; Zenj. אל (Had 22.23.29) Cooke 160 f.; cf.Pehlevi (NöGGA, 1884, 1016); not 𝔗 Syriac);—Dn 2:24 אַל־תְּהוֹבֵד, 4:16; 5:10.

### Jastrow 1903

אַל: not, no [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5dc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (b. h.) not, no (according to Talmud a milder form of prohibition than לֹא; v. Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵇ). Aboth I, 3.—אל תקרי (abbr. א"ת), v. אֶלָּא. Taan. 11ᵃ א׳ יראה וכ׳ shall not live to see \&c.; a. v. fr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (25 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.10/)

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מַלְכְּתָ֕א לָקֳבֵ֨ל מִלֵּ֤י מַלְכָּא֙ וְרַבְרְבָנ֔וֹהִי לְבֵ֥ית מִשְׁתְּיָ֖א עַלַּ֑ת עֲנָ֨ת מַלְכְּתָ֜א וַאֲמֶ֗רֶת מַלְכָּא֙ לְעָלְמִ֣ין חֱיִ֔י אַֽל־יְבַהֲלוּךְ֙ רַעְיוֹנָ֔ךְ וְזִיוָ֖יךְ אַל־יִשְׁתַּנּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the queen (to) before the.words of the.king and nobles his to the.house of the.feast she.went.in she.replied the queen and she.said O king forever live! not let them.alarm.you thought\[s\] your and brightness(es) your not let.them.be.changed

*JPS 1917:* Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house; the queen spoke and said: 'O king, live for ever! let not thy thoughts affright thee, nor let thy countenance be changed;

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[Daniel 2:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.24/)

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֗ה דָּֽנִיֵּאל֙ עַ֣ל עַל־אַרְי֔וֹךְ דִּ֚י מַנִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֔א לְהוֹבָדָ֖ה לְחַכִּימֵ֣י בָבֶ֑ל אֲזַ֣ל ׀ וְכֵ֣ן אֲמַר־לֵ֗הּ לְחַכִּימֵ֤י בָבֶל֙ אַל־תְּהוֹבֵ֔ד הַעֵ֙לְנִי֙ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֔א וּפִשְׁרָ֖א לְמַלְכָּ֥א אֲחַוֵּֽא׃ס

*Word for word:* as to because this Daniel he.went.in to Arioch whom he.had.appointed the king to destroy (et).the wise.men of.Babylon he.went and as.follows he.said to him (et).the wise.men of.Babylon not may.you.destroy bring me.in before the king and the interpretation to the king I.will.declare

*JPS 1917:* Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: 'Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will declare unto the king the interpretation.'

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