3884. luwle'

Lexicon

luwle': "if not," "unless"

Original Word: לוּלֵא
Part of Speech: Preposition; Conjunction
Transliteration: luwle'
Pronunciation: loo-LAY
Phonetic Spelling: (loo-lay')
KJV: except, had not, if (not), unless, were it not that
Word Origin: [from H3863 (לוּא לוּא לוּ - if) and H3808 (לוֹא לוֹה - no)]

1. if not

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

except, had not, if

Or luwley {loo lay'}; from luw' and lo'; if not -- except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.

see HEBREW luw'

see HEBREW lo'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

לוּלֵא Genesis 43:10; Judges 14:18; 2 Samuel 2:27; Psalm 27:13, elsewhere לוּלֵי₁₀ if not, unless (from לוּ if, and לֵא, by dissimilation (Kö^{ii. 236, 489}) for לֹא not; compare Arabic ), the negative of לוּ, and used similarly: —

a. followed by perfect, Judges 14:18 לולא חרשׁתם ֗֗֗ לא מצאתם unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have found out my riddle, 1 Samuel 25:34 (second כי resumptive: כִּי 1d), Psalm 106:23; with apod, introd. by כִּי עַתָּה Genesis 31:42; Genesis 43:10; by אָז 2 Samuel 2:27 (כי resumptive); by כִּמְעַט Isaiah 1:9; with an aposiop. Psalm 27:13 if I had not believed ...!

b. followed by imperfect Deuteronomy 32:27 אמרתי ֗֗֗ לולי אגור I should have said, &c . . . . except I dreaded, &c.

c. followed by participle, 2 Kings 3:14.

d. without a verb, Psalm 94:17 (apodosis כמעט), Psalm 119:92 (apodosis אָז). In the later language, Psalm 124:1; Psalm 124:2 -שֶׁ ׳לוּלֵי י (apodosis אֲזַי except that ... (compare Aramaic, Psalm 106:23, אִילּוּלֵי ֗֗֗ דִּי Psalm 27:13 ᵑ7). — Read also לוּלֵי for אוּלַי in Numbers 22:33 (apodosis כִּי עַתָּה). See further on לוּ and לוּלֵא Dr^{§§ 139-145} Kö^{iii. 487f; 565}.

Forms and Transliterations

לׅׄוּלֵׅ֗ׄאׅׄ לוּלֵ֖א לוּלֵ֗י לוּלֵ֛י לוּלֵ֡י לוּלֵ֣א לוּלֵ֣י לוּלֵא֙ לוּלֵי֙ לולא לולי lū·lê luLe lūlê luLei

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 31:42
HEB: לוּלֵ֡י אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִי֩
NAS: If the God of my father,
KJV: Except the God of my father,
INT: If the God of my father

Genesis 43:10
HEB: כִּ֖י לוּלֵ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ כִּֽי־
NAS: For if we had not delayed, surely
KJV: For except we had lingered,
INT: surely if delayed surely

Deuteronomy 32:27
HEB: לוּלֵ֗י כַּ֤עַס אוֹיֵב֙
KJV: Were it not that I feared the wrath
INT: not the provocation of the enemy

Judges 14:18
HEB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י
NAS: And he said to them, If you had not plowed
KJV: And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed
INT: lion said If plowed my heifer

1 Samuel 25:34
HEB: אֹתָ֑ךְ כִּ֣י ׀ לוּלֵ֣י מִהַ֗רְתְּ [וַתָּבֹאתִי
KJV: from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted
INT: harming thee except quickly abide

2 Samuel 2:27
HEB: הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֥י לוּלֵ֖א דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ כִּ֣י
KJV: liveth, unless thou hadst spoken,
INT: God surely unless spoken surely

2 Kings 3:14
HEB: לְפָנָ֔יו כִּ֗י לוּלֵ֛י פְּנֵ֛י יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט
KJV: whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard
INT: before for that the presence of Jehoshaphat

Psalm 27:13
HEB: לׅׄוּלֵׅ֗ׄאׅׄ הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי לִרְא֥וֹת
NAS: [I would have despaired] unless I had believed
KJV: [I had fainted], unless I had believed
INT: unless had believed see

Psalm 94:17
HEB: לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָה
NAS: If the LORD had not been
KJV: Unless the LORD [had been] my help,
INT: If the LORD my help

Psalm 106:23
HEB: וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם לוּלֵ֡י מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה בְחִיר֗וֹ
KJV: that he would destroy them, had not Moses
INT: said destroy had not Moses his chosen

Psalm 119:92
HEB: לוּלֵ֣י ת֭וֹרָתְךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֑י
NAS: If Your law had not been my delight,
KJV: Unless thy law [had been] my delights,
INT: If your law been my delight

Psalm 124:1
HEB: הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה
KJV: If [it had not been] the LORD
INT: of degrees of David If the LORD been

Psalm 124:2
HEB: לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה
KJV: If [it had not been] the LORD
INT: If the LORD been

Isaiah 1:9
HEB: לוּלֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת
NAS: Unless the LORD of hosts
KJV: Except the LORD of hosts
INT: Unless the LORD of hosts

14 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3884
14 Occurrences

lū·lê — 4 Occ.
lū·lê — 10 Occ.