1) if, oh that!, if only! 1a) if (unlikely condition) 1b) if only!, oh that!, would that!
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H3863 — לוּ
lu · if · Hebrew/Aramaic
20 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 17:18 · ל֥וּAnd Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!Genesis 23:13 · ל֖וּAnd 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.Genesis 30:34 · ל֖וּAnd Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.Genesis 50:15 · ל֥וּAnd 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.Numbers 14:2 · לוּ־ · לוּ־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!Numbers 20:3 · וְל֥וּAnd the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!Numbers 22:29 · ל֤וּAnd 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.Deuteronomy 32:29 · ל֥וּOh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!Joshua 7:7 · וְלוּ֙And 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!Judges 8:19 · ל֚וּAnd 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.Judges 13:23 · לוּ֩But 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.1 Samuel 14:30 · לוּא֩How 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.2 Samuel 18:12 · וְל֨וּאAnd the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand 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.2 Samuel 19:6 · ל֣וּin 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.Job 6:2 · ל֗וּOh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!Job 16:4 · ל֤וּ־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.Psalm 81:13 · ל֗וּOh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!Isaiah 48:18 · ל֥וּאOh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:Isaiah 64:1 · לוּא־Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,Micah 2:11 · לוּ־If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.