2.
If only
…
!
i.e.
O that! would that!
(
cf.
εἰ γάρ, εἴθε
) usually
sq.
perf., as
Nu 14:2
(×2) לוּ מַתְנוּ
if only
we had died in the land of Egypt!
20:3 Jos 7:7
וְלוּ הֹואַלְנוּ וַנֵּשֶׁב
Is 48:1
8;
63:19
;
sq.
יֵשׁ
Nu 22:2
9;
sq. impf.
Gn 17:18
לו יחיה
O that
Ishmael might live before thee!
Jb 6:2
;
sq. juss.
Gn 30:34
כדברך לו יהי
;
sq. imv.
23:13
אם אתה לוּ שׁמעני
if thou—
O that
thou wouldst her me! (
+
prob.
v
5 לאמר ׃ לוּ שׁמעני
for
לאמר לֹו ׃ שׁ׳
, and similarly
v
1
5).—Read also prob.
לֻא
for
Mas
.
לֹא
Ju 21:22
(with
כִּי עַתָּה
for
כָּעֵת
),
1 S 13:13
;
20:14
(×2) Jb 9:33
(
sq.
יֵשׁ
); and perhaps
14:4
(
Ew K
ö).
• לוּלֵא S 3884 TWOT 1085a GK 4295 Gn 43:10 Ju 14:18 2 S 2:27 ψ 27:13 , elsewhere לוּלֵי 10 if not, unless ( from לוּ if , and לֵא , by dissim. ( Kö ii 236, 489 ) for לֹא not; cf. Arabic لَوْلَا ( lawlā ) ) , the neg. of לוּ , and used similarly:— a. sq. pf ., Ju 14:18 לא מצאתם לולא … חרשׁתם unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have found out my riddle, 1 S 25:34 (second כי resumptive:
כִּי
1 d
),
ψ 106:23
; with apod. introd. by
כִּי עַתָּה
Gn 31:4
2;
43:10
; by
אָז
2 S 2:27
(
כי
resumptive); by
כִּמְעַט
Is 1:
9; with an aposiop.
ψ 27:13
if I had not believed
…
!
b.
sq. impf.
Dt 32:27
לולי אגור
…
אמרתי
I should have said, &
c.
…
except
I dreaded, &
c.
c.
sq. ptcp
.,
2 K 3:14
.
d.
without a verb,
ψ 94:17
(apod.
כמעט
),
119:92
(apod.
אָז
). In the later language,
ψ 124:1
,
2
לוּלֵי י׳ שֶׁ-
(apod.
אֲזַי
)
except that
… (
cf.
Aramaic
ܕ
(
d
)? …
ܐܶܠܽܘ ܠܴܐ
(
˒elu lo
)
ψ 106:23
,
דִּי
…
אִילּוּלֵי
ψ 27:13
å
).—Read also
לוּלֵי
for
אוּלַי
in
Nu 22:33
(apod.
כִּי עַתָּה
). See further on
לוּ
and
לוּלֵא
Dr
§
§ 139–145
Kö
iii
. 487 f.
565.
•
לְמֹו
poet. for
לְ
, Job 27:14
;
29:21
;
38:40
;
40:4
, like
כְּמֹו
for ךְּ
, בְּמֹו
for
בְּ
: see
מוֹ
.
•
[
לוּב
S
3864
GK
4275
],
לוּבִים
, לֻבִֿים
n.
gent.
pl.
Lybians
, in N. Africa, W. of Egypt;—
Na 3:9
(
+
פּוּט
),
2 Ch 12:3
(
Ö
Λιβυες
;
+
מִצְרַיִם
,
סֻכִּיִּים
,
כּוּשִׁים
),
16:8
Ö
Λιβυες
; (
+
כּוּשִׁים
);
לֻבִֿים
Dn 11:43
(
v.
Baer;
c.
מִצְרַיִם
,
כֻּשִֿׁים
),
Theod
.
Λιβυων
; prob.
=
לְהָבִים
(
q.v.
)
Gn 10:13
=
1 Ch 1:11
A
Ö
L
מבִִֵאלּ
; read
לוּבים
perhaps also
Je 46:9
(for
˜
לוּדִים
,
cf.
Theod Theodotion. Hebrew (Consonantal Text).