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H0194אוּלַיu.lay

perhapsPart of speech: Hebrew Adverb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 12
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 5
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. 2
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. 1
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 6
  25. 1
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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45 occurrences in 44 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Kings 18:5

    And Ahab said unto Obadiah: 'Go through the land, unto all the springs of water, and unto all the brooks; peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.'

    אוּלַ֣י׀ 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  2. 1 Kings 18:27

    And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said: 'Cry aloud; for he is a god; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.'

    אוּלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  3. 1 Kings 20:31

    And his servants said unto him: 'Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save t

    אוּלַ֖י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  4. 2 Kings 19:4

    It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.'

    אוּלַ֡י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  5. Job 1:5

    And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said: 'It may be that my sons have sinned, and b

    אוּלַי֙ 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  6. Isaiah 37:4

    It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.'

    אוּלַ֡י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  7. Isaiah 47:12

    Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

    אוּלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”אוּלַ֥י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  8. Jeremiah 20:10

    For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side: 'Denounce, and we will denounce him'; even of all my familiar friends, them that watch for my halting: 'Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take ou

    אוּלַ֤י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  9. Jeremiah 21:2

    'Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; peradventure the LORD will deal with us according to all His wondrous works, that he may go up from us.'

    אוּלַי֩ 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  10. Jeremiah 26:3

    It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent Me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

    אוּלַ֣י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  11. Jeremiah 36:3

    It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way, and I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.'

    אוּלַ֤י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  12. Jeremiah 36:7

    It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.'

    אוּלַ֞י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  13. Jeremiah 51:8

    Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

    אוּלַ֖י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  14. Lamentations 3:29

    Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

    אוּלַ֖י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  15. Ezekiel 12:3

    Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for exile, and remove as though for exile by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight; it may be they will perceive, for they are a rebellious house.

    אוּלַ֣י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  16. Hosea 8:7

    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; it hath no stalk, the bud that shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

    אוּלַ֣י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  17. Amos 5:15

    Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

    אוּלַ֗י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  18. Jonah 1:6

    So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him: 'What meanest thou that thou sleepest? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.'

    אוּלַ֞י 'u.Lai “perhaps”

  19. Zephaniah 2:3

    Seek ye the LORD, all ye humble of the earth, that have executed His ordinance; seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

    אוּלַי֙ 'u.Lai “perhaps”