# H194 אוּלַי

אוּלַי (ʼûwlay), Strong’s H194: if not; hence perhaps KJV: if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.. Occurs 44 times.

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*ʼûwlay* — if not; hence perhaps

KJV: if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.

Derived from [אוֹ ʼôw](https://besorah.bible/word/H176) (desire)

Occurs 44 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=39) — I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’
- [Genesis 27:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=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…