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ʾō אוֹAor, Bdesire’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: short for ʾawwā אַוָּה ‘desire’
Roots: אוה
Variants: אוֹ, אוֹ

ʾō Aconj Bn, m
A1) or, rather
 1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred
 1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle
 1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or
 1d) if perchance
 1e) except, or else
2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then
B1) desire

Mentioned in Genesis 44:19, 24:49, 44:8, 24:50, 24:55, 31:43 Exodus 21:18, 21:4, 21:6, 21:32, 4:11, 28:43, 30:20, 5:3, 19:13, 21:20, 21:21, 21:26, 21:27, 21:28, 21:29, 21:31, 21:33, 21:36, 21:37, 22:4, 22:5, 22:6, 22:9, 22:13, 23:4 Codex Leviticus 18:9, 20:17, 5:22, 5:23, 20:27, 5:3, 5:4, 7:21, 13:2, 22:5, 13:19, 13:24, 13:42, 13:43, 13:49, 14:37, 12:6, 15:14, 15:29, 22:4, 1:10, 1:14, 3:6, 4:23, 4:28, 5:1, 5:2, 5:6, 5:7, 5:11, 5:21, 5:24, 7:16, 11:32, 12:7, 12:8, 13:16, 13:29, 13:30, 13:38, 13:47, 13:48, 13:51, 13:52, 13:53, 13:55, 13:56, 13:57, 13:58, 13:59, 14:22, 14:30, 15:3, 15:23, 15:25, 17:3, 17:8, 17:13, 18:10, 19:20, 21:18, 21:19, 21:20, 22:21, 22:22, 22:27, 22:28, 25:14, 25:47, 25:49, 26:41, 27:10 Numbers 35:23, 5:6, 19:16, 6:10, 19:18, 14:2, 5:14, 5:30, 6:2, 9:10, 9:21, 9:22, 11:8, 15:3, 15:5, 15:6, 15:8, 15:11, 15:14, 18:17, 22:18, 24:13, 30:3, 30:7, 30:11, 30:15, 35:18, 35:20, 35:21, 35:22 Deuteronomy 13:7, 27:22, 24:14, 17:5, 4:32, 13:4, 4:16, 4:34, 13:2, 13:6, 13:8, 14:21, 15:12, 15:21, 17:2, 17:3, 17:6, 17:12, 19:15, 22:1, 22:4, 22:6, 24:3, 29:17 Joshua 7:3 Judges 18:19, 21:22, 11:34, 19:13 1 Samuel 20:2, 20:10, 22:15, 2:14, 13:19, 14:6, 21:4, 21:9, 26:10, 29:3 2 Samuel 2:21, 17:9, 3:35, 18:13 1 Kings 8:46, 20:39, 21:6 2 Kings 2:16, 4:13, 6:27, 13:19 Isaiah 7:11, 27:5, 41:22, 50:1 Jeremiah 23:33, 40:5 Ezekiel 14:17, 14:19, 21:15, 46:12 Amos 3:12 Malachi 1:8, 2:17 Proverbs 30:31, 31:4 Job 38:28, 38:6, 3:15, 3:16, 12:8, 13:22, 16:3, 22:11, 35:7, 38:5, 38:31, 38:36 Song of Songs 2:7, 3:5, 2:9, 2:17, 8:14 Ecclesiastes 2:19, 11:6 2 Chronicles 6:36

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