Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H3863לוּlu
ifPart of speech: Hebrew Interjection
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And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
ל֥וּ lu “if”
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
ל֖וּ lu “if”
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
ל֖וּ lu “if”
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
ל֥וּ lu “if”
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
לוּ־ lu- “if”לוּ־ lu- “if”
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
וְל֥וּ (ל֥וּ) Lu “if”
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me, I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.
ל֤וּ lu “if”
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
ל֥וּ lu “if”
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!
וְלוּ֙ (לוּ֙) Lu “if”
And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother: as Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
ל֚וּ lu “if”
But his wife said unto him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.
לוּ֩ lu “if”
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.
לוּא֩ lu' “<if>”
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [supplied: pieces of] silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
וְל֨וּא (ל֨וּא) lo' “if”
in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
ל֣וּ lo “if”
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
ל֗וּ Lu “<if>”
I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.
ל֤וּ־ Lu- “if”
Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
ל֗וּ Lu “if”
Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
ל֥וּא lu' “if”
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
לוּא־ lu'- “if”
If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;
לֽוּ־ lu- “if”
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, [supplied: saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
לוּ־ lu- “if”