לָא
ORIGINALBA-010
Biblical Aramaic · Existence, Negation, and Small Words
Negation
BA-010Biblical AramaicAramaic of Daniel and Ezra
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לָא
Transliterationla
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Negation
לָא is a central Aramaic negator. It is visually close to Hebrew לֹא, but the Aramaic pronunciation and surrounding grammar belong to the Aramaic sentence. Learn it as one of the first automatic Biblical Aramaic words because it can reverse the force of an entire clause.
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