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Hebrew wordlink #25210

OSHB Gen 50:15 לוּ (lū) Strongs=3863 Lemma=‘לוּ’
contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘what_if’
Morphology=C PoS=conjunction
Year=-1689

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Other uses (14) of identical word form לוּ (Morphology=C PoS=conjunction) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘לוּ’ (Morphology=C PoS=conjunction) is always and only glossed as ‘if’.

GEN 17:18 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘oh_that’ OSHB GEN 17:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he/it _said to the_ʼElohīm if Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) he _will _live before_you. (GEN_17:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then Abraham said to God, “If only you’d bless Yishma’el as my heir.” (GEN 17:18)

GEN 23:13 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘will’ OSHB GEN 23:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 And_he/it _spoke to ˊEfrōn in_the _ears _of the _people _of the_earth/land to_say nevertheless if you if listen_to _me I _give the _money _of the_field take_it from_me so_that _I _may _bury DOM my _of_dead (to)_there. (GEN_23:13)

OET-RV: 13 and he told Efron while all the others were listening, “But if you would, please listen to me. I’ll pay the value of the field. Accept it from me, then I’ll bury my dead there.” (GEN 23:13)

GEN 30:34 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘now!’ OSHB GEN 30:34 word 4

OET-LV: 34 And_ Lāⱱān _he/it _said there if let _it _be according_to _of_your _message. (GEN_30:34)

OET-RV: 34 “Okay then, let’s do it your way.” Lavan agreed. (GEN 30:34)

NUM 14:2 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘if_only’ OSHB NUM 14:2 word 13

OET-LV: 2 And_they _grumbled on Mosheh and_on ʼAhₐron all _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_they _said to_them all _of the_congregation if we _had _died in_land of _Miʦrayim/(Egypt) or in_wilderness the_this if we _had _died. (NUM_14:2)

OET-RV: 2 and then they started to protest against Mosheh and Aharon. They were all saying, “If only we’d died in Egypt or back there in this wilderness. (NUM 14:2)

NUM 14:2 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘would_that’ OSHB NUM 14:2 word 20

OET-RV: 2 and then they started to protest against Mosheh and Aharon. They were all saying, “If only we’d died in Egypt or back there in this wilderness. (NUM 14:2)

NUM 22:29 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘if’ OSHB NUM 22:29 word 7

OET-LV: 29 And_ Bilˊām _he/it _said to_donkey if/because you _have _dealt _wantonly with_me if there_was a _sword in_my _of_hand if/because now I_killed _you. (NUM_22:29)

OET-RV: 29 “Because you’ve been messing me around!” Bileam shouted. “If only I’d been carrying a sword, then I would have killed you!” (NUM 22:29)

DEU 32:29 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘if_only’ OSHB DEU 32:29 word 1

OET-LV: 29 If they _were _wise they _will _comprehend this they _will _understand (to)_their _of_end. (DEU_32:29)

OET-RV: 29 If they were wise, they’d comprehend this.
⇔ They’d understand what was ahead of them. (DEU 32:29)

JDG 8:19 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘if’ OSHB JDG 8:19 word 8

OET-LV: 19 And_he _said brothers _of_were_my the _sons _of my _mother _of_of they by_the _life of_YHWH if you(pl)_had _let _live them not I _killed you(pl). (JDG_8:19)

OET-RV: 19 “They were my brothers—the sons of my mother,” he said. “As Yahweh lives, if only you had let them live, I wouldn’t have killed you.” (JDG 8:19)

JDG 13:23 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘if’ OSHB JDG 13:23 word 4

OET-LV: 23 And_she/it _said to_him/it his/its_wife/woman if he _had _desired YHWH to_kill_us not he _accepted from_our _of_hand a _burnt _offering and_a _grain _offering and_not he_showed _us DOM all _of these_things and_about_time not he_caused _us _to _hear like_this. (JDG_13:23)

OET-RV: 23 But his wife replied to him, “If Yahweh had wanted to kill us, he wouldn’t have accepted the entire burnt offering and the grain offering. He wouldn’t have shown us all those things, and he wouldn’t have given us those instructions.” (JDG 13:23)

JOB 6:2 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘if_only’ OSHB JOB 6:2 word 1

OET-LV: 2 If actually _(weigh) it _will _be _weighed grief _of_my and_my _of_destruction in_the_balances people _will _raise together. (JOB_6:2)

OET-RV: 2 If only my anguish could be truly weighed,
⇔ and my calamity could be put together with it on the scales. (JOB 6:2)

JOB 16:4 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘if’ OSHB JOB 16:4 word 5

OET-LV: 4 Also I like_you(pl) I _will _speak if (there) self _of_your(pl) were_in _place _of self _of_my I _will _make _join on_you(pl) (in)_words/messages and_I _will _shake on_you(pl) with my_head. (JOB_16:4)

OET-RV: 4 I could also speak like you all if you were in my place.
⇔ I could string words together against you all and shake my head at you. (JOB 16:4)

PSA 81:14 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘oh_that’ OSHB PSA 81:14 word 1

OET-LV: 14  if people _of_my will _be_listening to_me Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_my _of_ways they _will _walk. (PSA_81:14)

OET-RV: 14 If they did, I’d quickly subdue their enemies
⇔ and use my strength against those who oppress them. (PSA 81:14)

EZE 14:15 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘if’ OSHB EZE 14:15 word 1

OET-LV: 15 If animal[s] wild I _will _cause _to _pass on _the_earth and_it_will _make _it _childless and_it _will _be a _desolation from_not _of one _who_passes _by from_face/in _front _of the_living. (EZE_14:15)

OET-RV: 15 If I send vicious wild animals through the country and make it barren so that it becomes a wasteland where no one can pass through because of those animals, (EZE 14:15)

MIC 2:11 contextual word gloss=‘if’ word gloss=‘if’ OSHB MIC 2:11 word 1

OET-LV: 11 If anyone who_walks _of wind and_falsehood he _told _a _lie I _will _prophesy to/for_yourself(m) of_wine and_of _(the)_drink and_it _was the _prophesier _of the _people (the)_this. (MIC_2:11)

OET-RV: ⇔  11 If someone comes to you full of talk and lies and says,
⇔ “I’ll prophesy to you about enjoying wine and strong drink,”
⇔ he’d be considered to be a prophet for this people. (MIC 2:11)