To: Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>, "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] לו luw {loo}
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 22:49:34 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>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?