Questions & Answers about אל תמהרי לענות אם את חושבת שתתחרטי אחר כך.
Because the sentence is addressed to one female.
תמהרי is the 2nd person feminine singular future form of the verb למהר (to hurry). In this kind of negative command, Hebrew uses אל + future form, so אל תמהרי means don’t hurry or don’t be too quick when speaking to a woman.
If you were speaking to:
- a man: אל תמהר
- more than one woman / a mixed group: אל תמהרו
אל is used for a negative command: don’t...
So:
- אל תמהרי = don’t hurry
- אל תעני = don’t answer
By contrast, לא usually means simple negation: not / do not / does not / will not, depending on context.
For example:
- היא לא ממהרת = She isn’t hurrying
- אל תמהרי = Don’t hurry
So in this sentence, אל is correct because the speaker is telling someone not to do something.