H194 אוּלַי
ʼûwlay — if not; hence perhaps
KJV: if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.
Derived from אוֹ ʼôw (desire)
Occurs 44 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אוּלַי 44 and (Gn 24:39) אֻלַי adv.
- 1 peradventure, perhaps; usually expressing a hope
- 2 followed by another clause, it expresses virtually the protasis = if peradventure
- 3 unless
Where it occurs
- Genesis 16:2 — Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I…
- Genesis 18:24 — What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who…
- Genesis 18:28 — What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will…
- Genesis 18:29 — He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s…
- Genesis 18:30 — He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not…
- Genesis 18:31 — He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I…
- Genesis 18:32 — He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I…
- Genesis 24:5 — The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the…
- Genesis 24:39 — I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’
- Genesis 27:12 — What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a…