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Hebrew wordlink #139039

OSHB 1 Sam 25:34 לוּלֵי (lūlēy) Strongs=3884 Lemma=‘לוּלֵא’
contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘if_~_not’
Morphology=C PoS=conjunction
Year=-1060 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Saul

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Other uses (9) of identical word form לוּלֵי (Morphology=C PoS=conjunction) in the Hebrew originals

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

GEN 31:42 contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘if_~_not’ OSHB GEN 31:42 word 1

OET-LV: 42 If _not the _god _of my _father _of_of the _god _of ʼAⱱrāhām and_the _fear _of Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) he _had _been to_me if/because now empty you_sent _me _away DOM affliction _of_my and_DOM the _toil _of my _hands _of_of god he _has _seen and_he _decided last _night. (GEN_31:42)

OET-RV: 42 If my father’s god—the god of Abraham and the one Yitshak respected—had not been with me, surely you would have sent me away empty-handed now. God has seen my suffering and my hard work, and last night, he rebuked you.” (GEN 31:42)

DEU 32:27 contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘if_~_not’ OSHB DEU 32:27 word 1

OET-LV: 27 If _not the_provocation _of an _enemy I _was _afraid lest foes _of_their they _should _misconstrue lest they _should _say our_both _hands it _was _raised and_not YHWH he _did all _of this. (DEU_32:27)

OET-RV: 27 if it wasn’t for the fact that I expect that their enemies would boast.
⇔ I don’t want their adversaries to misjudge,
⇔ saying, “It’s us who’s powerful,
⇔ and Yahweh didn’t carry all this out.” ’ (DEU 32:27)

2 KI 3:14 contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘not’ OSHB 2 KI 3:14 word 10

OET-LV: 14 And_ ʼElīshāˊ _he/it _said by_the _life of_YHWH hosts whom I _stand before_him if/because if _not the _face _of Yəhōshāfāţ the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) I am_lifting _up if I _will _look to_you and_if I_will _see _you. (KI2_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 “As army commander Yahweh lives,” Elisha responded, “the one who I serve, I wouldn’t be talking to you or even face you, if I hadn’t recognised King Yehoshafat of Yehudah. (KI2 3:14)

PSA 94:17 contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘if_~_not’ OSHB PSA 94:17 word 1

OET-LV: 17 If _not YHWH been_(to)_a _help_had to/for_me like_a _little silence it _dwelt self _of_my. (PSA_94:17)

OET-RV: 17 If Yahweh hadn’t helped me,
⇔ my soul would have been living in silence at the cemetery by now. (PSA 94:17)

PSA 106:23 contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘not’ OSHB PSA 106:23 word 3

OET-LV: 23 And_he/it _said to_destroy_them if _not Mosheh one _of_his _chosen he _had _stood in_breach before_him to_turn _back anger _of_his from_destroying. (PSA_106:23)

OET-RV: 23 So he said that he’d destroy them,
⇔ except that his chosen servant Mosheh stood as intermediary,
⇔ to turn him away from his severe anger and plan to destroy. (PSA 106:23)

PSA 119:92 contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘if_~_not’ OSHB PSA 119:92 word 1

OET-LV: 92 If _not law _of_your been_my _delight(s)_of_had then I _perished in_my _of_affliction. (PSA_119:92)

OET-RV: 92 If your instructions hadn’t been my delight
⇔ then I would have died as a result of my suffering. (PSA 119:92)

PSA 124:1 contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘if_~_not’ OSHB PSA 124:1 word 4

OET-LV: 124 the _song _of the _ascents of_Dāvid if _not it _were_YHWH who_he _was to/for_us let _it _say please Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (PSA_124:1)

OET-RV: A song by David while walking uphill to Yerushalem.
⇔  124 Let Yisra’el (Israel) now say,
⇔ “If Yahweh hadn’t been on our side, (PSA 124:1)

PSA 124:2 contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘if_~_not’ OSHB PSA 124:2 word 1

OET-LV: 2 If _not it _were_YHWH who_he _was to/for_us when_rose _up on_us anyone. (PSA_124:2)

OET-RV: ⇔  2 yes, when we were attacked
⇔ if Yahweh hadn’t been on our side, (PSA 124:2)

ISA 1:9 contextual word gloss=‘if_not’ word gloss=‘if_~_not’ OSHB ISA 1:9 word 1

OET-LV: 9 If _not YHWH hosts he _had _left to/for_us survivor[s] like_a _little like_Şədom we _were (to)_ˊAmorāh/(Gomorrah) we _were _like. (ISA_1:9)

OET-RV: 9 If it wasn’t for the fact that army commander Yahweh left a few survivors behind,
⇔ we would have been wiped out like both Sodom and Amorah (Gomorrah). (ISA 1:9)