What does אַל · מוּת mean in the Bible?
אַל · מוּת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing".
Hebrew · H408, H4191
וְאַל־יָמֹת
Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing · to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
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אַל H408 not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
מוּת H4191 to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Pronunciation mût
Moves from literal death to spiritual/covenantal death; God's instrument of judgment and consequence for covenant violation.
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What does וְאַל־יָמֹת (ve'al-yamot) mean in the Bible?
אַל · מוּת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H408, H4191?
H408, H4191 is connected to 1,564 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
Strong's H408, H4191
Lexical occurrences 1,564 verses Source Gloss
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
וְאַל־יָמֹת is built from this root:
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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