al marks negative prohibitions, pleas, and wishes in clauses that tell someone not to act or ask that something not happen.

Across the supplied verses, al is a negative particle in directives and appeals: it marks instructions not to do something, requests that an event not occur, and wishes that a person or outcome be kept from a stated action or condition.

1. Negative particle in prohibitions and appeals · dominant

   The supplied forms are tagged Particle · Negative and occur in clauses that prohibit or resist an action or outcome. In 1 Kings 20:8 the APB renders the response, “Do not listen, and do not consent”; in 1 Samuel 16:7 it renders the instruction, “Do not look on his appearance”; and in 1 Chronicles 21:13 it renders David’s plea, “do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

   1 Kings 20:81 Samuel 16:71 Chronicles 21:131 Samuel 26:92 Chronicles 20:152 Chronicles 30:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly expresses the negative particle with “Do not,” but also uses forms such as “let not,” “must not,” and “may he not.” These renderings show the clauses’ negative force rather than a fixed English equivalent in every instance.