bal · not

What it means

bal (בַּל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “not”.

A negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Not, said strongly in poetry.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• will not ×24
• do not ×8
• does not ×7
• no ×4
• have not ×3
• none ×3
• not ×3
• scarcely ×3
• will never ×3
• among the nations ×2
• others ×12

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Chronicles×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×34
• Proverbs×10
• Isaiah×24
• Hosea×2

• 1 Chronicles 16:30

  Tremble before him, all the earth; yes, the world stands firm; it will not be moved.

• Job 41:23

  The folds of its flesh cling together, firm upon it, it does not move.

• Psalms 10:4

  The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, does not seek; “There is no Elohim”: such are all his plans.

• Psalms 10:6

  He says in his heart, “I will not be moved; from generation to generation I will be without harm.”

• Psalms 10:11

  He says in his heart, “El has forgotten; he has hidden his face; he will not see it ever.”

• Psalms 10:15

  Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; demand an accounting for his wickedness until you find none of it.

• Psalms 10:18

  to do justice to the orphan and the oppressed, so that the mortal of the earth may no longer strike terror.

• Psalms 16:2

  You have said to YHWH, “You are Adonai; my good is not apart from you.”

• Psalms 16:4

  The sorrows of those who hurry after another god will multiply. I will not pour out their libations of blood, nor lift their names on my lips.

• Psalms 16:8

  I have set YHWH before me always; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

• Psalms 17:3

  You have tested my heart, you have inspected it by night, you have refined me; you will find nothing; I have resolved: my mouth will not overstep.

• Psalms 17:5

  My steps have held fast to your tracks; my footsteps have not been moved.

• Psalms 21:2

  The desire of his heart you have given him, and the entreaty of his lips you have not withheld. Selah.

• Psalms 21:7

  For the king trusts in YHWH, and through the loyal love of Elyon he will not be moved.

• Psalms 21:11

  For they stretched out evil against you; they devised a plan; they will not prevail.

• Psalms 30:6

  And I said in my ease, “I will never be moved.”

• Psalms 32:9

  Do not be like a horse, like a mule, without understanding, with bit and bridle its trappings to restrain it; it does not come near to you.

• Psalms 46:5

  Elohim is in her midst; she will not be moved; Elohim will help her at the break of morning.

• Psalms 49:12

  But man, in his dignity, does not remain; he is like the livestock that are destroyed.

• Psalms 57:9

  I will give you thanks among the peoples, Adonai; I will sing psalms to you among the nations.

• Psalms 58:8

  Like a snail that melts away as it goes, like the stillborn of a woman, let them not see the sun.

• Psalms 78:44

  and he turned into blood their canals, and their torrents, so that they could not drink.

• Psalms 93:1

  YHWH reigns; with grandeur he has clothed himself; YHWH has clothed himself, with strength he has girded himself; the world also is firm; it will not be shaken.

• Psalms 96:10

  Say among the nations, “YHWH reigns!” The world also is firm; it will not be shaken; he will judge the peoples with uprightness.

• Psalms 104:5

  He founded the earth on its bases; it will not be shaken forever and ever.

• Psalms 104:9

  A boundary you set, which they will not pass over; they will not return to cover the earth.

• Psalms 108:3

  I will give you thanks among the peoples, YHWH; I will sing psalms to you among the nations.

• Psalms 119:121

  I have done justice and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors.

• Psalms 140:10

  May coals fall upon them; may he make them fall into the fire, into deep pits; may they not rise.

• Psalms 140:11

  A man of tongue will not be established on the earth; the man of violence, evil will hunt him with thrust upon thrust.

• Psalms 141:4

  Do not incline my heart to an evil thing, to practice deeds in wickedness with men who work wickedness; and let me not eat of their delicacies.

• Psalms 147:20

  He has not done so for any nation, and his rules they have not known. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 149:7

  to execute vengeance on the nations, punishments on the peoples,

• Proverbs 9:13

  The senseless woman is noisy; she is simpleness, and does not know anything.

• Proverbs 10:30

  The righteous one will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

• Proverbs 12:3

  A man is not established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

• Proverbs 14:7

  Go from before a senseless man, for you will not have known lips of knowledge.

• Proverbs 19:23

  The fear of YHWH leads to life, and satisfied he will spend the night; he will not be visited by evil.

• Proverbs 22:29

  Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

• Proverbs 23:7

  for as he thinks in his soul, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

And 32 more times.