{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H194",
  "lemma": "אוּלַי",
  "transliteration": "ʼûwlay",
  "definition": "if not; hence perhaps",
  "kjv": "if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.",
  "occurrences": 44,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H176",
      "lemma": "אוֹ",
      "transliteration": "ʼôw",
      "meaning": "desire",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H176"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:2",
      "text": "Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:24",
      "text": "What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:28",
      "text": "What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:29",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:30",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:31",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:32",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:5",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:39",
      "text": "I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=39"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:12",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=12"
    }
  ],
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