לוּ

Strong’s H3863Interjection22 times in the Hebrew Bible

if20

(not translated)2

In the text

Genesis 17:18לוּ
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
Numbers 14:2לוּ
All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
Judges 8:19לוּ
“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
2 Samuel 18:12וְלוּא
The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
Job 16:4לוּ
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Isaiah 48:18לוּא
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

לוּ 17 and לוּא conj. if, O that

1. if (stating a case which has not been, or is not likely to be, realized)

2. If only …! i.e. O that! would that!

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.