The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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לָא‏ adv. no, not

no! (as interj.) Com. TgO Num22:30 : וַאֲמַר לָא‏ .

not (preceding and negating a predicate) Com. with elided predicate Com. TgO Gen24:21 : הֲאַצלַח יוי אוֹרחֵיה אִם לָא‏ did the Lord make his trip succeed or not?. TgO Gen27:21 : הֲאַת דֵין בְרִי עֵשָׂו אִם לָא‏ . TN Gen24:21 : הא אן אצלח ייי אורחה או לא‏ . (before volitives, replacing earlier ˀl) Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. TgO Ex20:19 : וְלָא/ואל/ יִתמַלַל עִמַנָא‏ . before second person imperfect as a prohibitive Com. TgO Gen3:3 : לָא תֵיכְלוּן מִנֵיה‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 274a; DJBA: 613a; Jastrow: 685; Levy Ch-W: 1:398; Tal Sam: 421; DNWSI: 558; DJA: 59b;

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Derivatives:

ˀylˀ (ˀellā) conj. if not

ˀlhn, ˀlˀ ˀn conj. except, unless

ˀrwm ˀlhn conj. except if

ˀylwly conj./prep were it not for

ˀlˀ (ˀellā) conj. but rather

ˀlwlˀpwn conj. if not, unless

ˀlmlˀ (ˀilmālē) conj. if not; if indeed

blˀ (blā) prep. without

dlˀ (dlā) prep. without

hlˀ (hălā) adv. affirmative/interrogative particle

lˀw, lw (lāw/law) adv. not, it is not

lˀprš adv. non-stop, forever

lhn (lāhen) conj. but, therefore

lykˀ adv. there isn't here

lyt, l)yty (layt/lēṯ) vb./adv. there is/are not

mdlyt prep. without

lmˀ (lāmā) n.m. nothingness

ˁd (ˁaḏ) conj. until

ˁd lˀ, ˁd dlˀ (ˁaḏ lā, ˁaddəlā) conj. before

qdm ˁd lˀ conj. before

ˁd lˀ, ˁd dlˀ (ˁaḏ lā, ˁaddəlā) conj. before

qdm ˁd lˀ conj. before