לא

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) no, not

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) Not; used in negating verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

Usage notes

 * is not used to negate verbs in the imperative; rather, in ancient texts negative imperatives consist of and a verb in the second-person jussive, and in modern use they consist of  and a verb in the second-person future. However, even in modern use,  may be used together with a to-infinitive to create what might be called a "general negative imperative", where no specific person is being addressed. (The general negative imperative might be better viewed as a kind of declarative, however, as it can be used in a subordinate clause.)
 * Hebrew does not require a "dummy auxiliary verb" to negate a verb; for example, English "I didn't go" corresponds to Hebrew.
 * cannot be used to negate ; rather, its negative counterpart must be used.
 * In formal Hebrew, clauses of the form &lt;subject&gt; &lt;verb in present-tense, adjective or noun phrase&gt; (meaning &lt;subject&gt; don't/doesn't &lt;verb&gt; or &lt;subject&gt; isn't/aren't/am not &lt;adjective or noun phrase&gt;) are typically recast using  in its inflections.
 * can stand in for an entire negative clause, rather like English or an English auxiliary verb plus, but a bit more flexibly.

Interjection

 * 1) No; used in responding to questions.