particular case under a general principle,
or
=
or if
Ex 21:31
אֹו־בֵן יִגַּח וג׳
or if
he gore a son, etc.
v
36 Lv 4:2
3,
28
(
v. D
i)
5:21
,
22
;
25:49b
;
Nu 5:14 2 S 18:13
or if
I had dealt falsely against his life, then, etc.,
Ez 14:17
,
19
or if
I send, etc.
3.
if perchance
,
1 S 20:10
if perchance
thy father answer thee with something hard,
Lv 26:41
.
4.
once, with the
juss.
(as in Arabic with the subjunct.
v. Dr
§ 175 =
except:
Is 27:5
I would burn them together,
אֹו יַחֲזֵק בְּמָעֻזִּי
or else
let him take hold (
=
except
he take hold) of my strong-hold, etc.—
אַו
Pr 31:4
v.
sub [
אָוָה
] on p. 16.
• אוּאֵל S 177 GK 198 n.pr.m. a Judæan ( will of God , cf. I. אוה ; or contr. from אֲבוּאֵל cf. אִיעֶזֶר ? ) Ezr 10:3 4.
אוב TWOT 37 ( meaning? Thes comp. Arabic ﺁبَ (˒āba) return, whence Kö Off.-begr. ii 15 C Sta G i.504; Bib. Theol. i. 186 Now Arch. ii. 273 as rediens , “revenant”; but doubtful. أَيَّابٌ
(
˒ayyābun
)
water-carrier;
but
cf.
Lag
BN 90).
MV comp.
אבב
(with conjectural sense) to get meaning
have
a
hollow sound
. Deriv. and signif. totally uncertain
)
.
אֹוב S 178 TWOT 37a GK 199, 200 n.m. Jb 32:19 skin-bottle, necromancer , etc.— abs. א׳ Lv 20:27 + 8 times; pl. אֹבֹות Lv 19:31 + 7 times— 1. skin-bottle , only pl. אֹבֹות חֲדָשִׁים new ( wine -) skins Jb 32:1 9. 2. necromancer , in phr. אֹוב אֹויִדְּעֹנִי necrom. or wizard Lv 20:27 ( H ; usually tr. ‘a man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a wizard’ RV ; but better a man or a woman, if there should be among them, a necromancer or wizard; no suff. reason for exceptional use of phrase here); א׳ וְיִדְּעֹנִי Dt 18:11 2 Ch 33:6 = 2 K 21:6 (where א׳ וידענים ); הָאֹבֹות וְהַיִּדְּעֹנִים Lv 19:3 1; 20:6 ( H ) 1 S 28:3 , 9 2 K 23:24 Is 8:19 (where repres. as chirping & muttering, in practice of their art of seeking dead for instruction, prob. ventriloquism, & so Ö ) 19:3 . 3. ghost , Is 29:4 אִמְרָתֵךְ תְּצַפְצֵף וְהָיָה כְּאֹוב מֵאֶרֶץ קֹולֵךְ וּמֵעָפָר and thy voice shall be as a ghost from the ground and from the dust thy speech shall chirp (so Ge MV Ew De Che al. , but chirping might be of necromancer, as 8:19 ). 4. necromancy אֵשֶׁת בַּעֲלַת־אֹוב a woman who was mistress of necromancy 1 S 28:7 (×2); ( < RS JPh. xiv, 127 f makes אֹוב primarily a subterranean
Dr S. R. Driver, Hebrew Tenses; Kö E. König.
Sta B. Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel. Now W. Nowack, Hebräische Archäologie .
JPh. Journal of Philology (Engl.).