{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3863",
  "lemma": "לוּא",
  "transliteration": "lûwʼ",
  "definition": "a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!",
  "kjv": "if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).",
  "occurrences": 23,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "לוּ 17 and לוּא conj. if, O that",
    "1. if (stating a case which has not been, or is not likely to be, realized)",
    "2. If only …! i.e. O that! would that!"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 17:18",
      "text": "Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:13",
      "text": "He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, “But if you will, please hear me. I will give the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:34",
      "text": "Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 50:15",
      "text": "When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/50?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 14:2",
      "text": "All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/14?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 20:3",
      "text": "The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:29",
      "text": "Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 32:29",
      "text": "Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 7:7",
      "text": "Joshua said, “Alas, Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/7?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 8:19",
      "text": "He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/8?v=19"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3863",
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