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לוּ ‘if’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a conditional particle

conj
1) if, oh that!, if only!
 1a) if (unlikely condition)
 1b) if only!, oh that!, would that!

Mentioned in Genesis 50:15, 17:18, 23:13, 30:34 Numbers 14:2, 20:3, 22:29 Deuteronomy 32:29 Joshua 7:7 Judges 8:19, 13:23 1 Samuel 14:30 2 Samuel 18:12, 19:7 Isaiah 48:18 Ezekiel 14:15 Micah 2:11 Psalms 81:14 Job 16:4, 9:33, 6:2

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