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  • From: Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] לו luw {loo}
  • Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 21:15:24 +0300

Yes.

 

Yigal Levin

 

From: Mike Burke [mailto:michaelgburk AT yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:46 PM
To: Yigal Levin; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
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.<<<<

So the meaning of לוּ , even in modern Hebrew, is a little more than just "if"?

 

 

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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