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H0194אוּלַיu.lay
perhapsPart of speech: Hebrew Adverb
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And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.
אוּלַ֥י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?
אוּלַ֥י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.
א֠וּלַי 'U.lai “perhaps”
And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.
אוּלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.
אוּלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And he said, See now, I have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: what if there are twenty there? And he said, I will have mercy because of the twenty.
אוּלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.
אוּלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?
אוּלַי֙ 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?
אֻלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.
אוּלַ֤י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.
אוּלַ֖י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And take your brother and go back to the man:
אוּלַ֥י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And on the day after, Moses said to the people, Great has been your sin: but I will go up to the Lord, and see if I may get forgiveness for your sin.
אוּלַ֥י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom yo
אוּלַ֤י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
See, the people who have come out of Egypt are covering all the earth: now, put a curse on this people for me, so that I may be able to make war on them, driving them out of the land.
אוּלַ֥י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And the ass saw me, turning to one side from me three times: if she had not gone to one side, I would certainly have put you to death and kept her safe.
אוּלַי֙ 'u.Lai “perhaps”
Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.
אוּלַ֞י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.
אוּלַ֤י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be that you are living among us; how then may we make an agreement with you?
אוּלַ֗י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
So now, give me this hill-country named by the Lord at that time; for you had an account of it then, how the Anakim were there, and great walled towns: it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to take their land, as the Lord said.
אוּלַ֨י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
So make images of the growths caused by your disease and of the mice which are damaging your land; and give glory to the God of Israel: it may be that the weight of his hand will be lifted from you and from your gods and from your land.
אוּלַ֗י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
But the servant said to him, See now, in this town there is a man of God, who is highly honoured, and everything he says comes true: let us go there now; it may be that he will give us directions about our journey.
אוּלַי֙ 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a grea
אוּלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.
אוּלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”
It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
אוּלַ֛י 'u.Lai “perhaps”