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  • From: John Leake <jesleake AT yahoo.co.uk>
  • To: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] לו luw {loo}
  • Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 07:20:55 +0100

It's a particle that expresses the protasis of an improbable condition, and is common to all Semitic languages as far as I know.

John Leake

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On 16 May 2013, at 06:49, Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>Something more like "would it might be," "if only," or "Oh that". Not just "if".
 
And in modern Hebrew it means exactly the same thing.<<<<

So does the word express desire, and/or desire for something that is unlikely to be realized?
 
Michael Gerard Burke

From: Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] לו luw {loo}

Something more like "would it might be," "if only," or "Oh that". Not just "if".
 
And in modern Hebrew it means exactly the same thing.
 
Yigal Levin
 
From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mike Burke
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:15 AM
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] לו luw {loo}
 

What exactly does ל֥וּ  mean in the following context?
 
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר  אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל־ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים ל֥וּ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל יִחְיֶ֥ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃
 
Does it just mean "if," or does it mean something more like "would it might be," "if only," or "Oh that"?
 
And what does it mean in modern Hebrew?
 
Michael Gerard Burke

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