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אִלּוּ‏ conj. if, if only

if Com^-OA^-BA. oh that!, would that! if only! JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr. TgJ Jos7:7 : וְאִלוּ/וְלוֵי/ פוֹן דְשָרִינָא וִיתֵיבנָא בְעִברָא דְיַרדְנָא‏ would that we had gone and stayed on the other side of the Jordan.

+lˀ d : were it not for, unless CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. אלו לא פון‏ : idem. JLAtg. TgJ Is1:9 var. : אִילֻו לָא פוֹן מוֹתַר טֻובֵיה דַיוי צְבָאוֹת‏ were it not for the excessive goodness of the Lord of Hosts.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 49a; DJBA: 115b; Jastrow: 48; Levy Ch-W: 1:29; Tal Sam: 33; Cook,Qumran: 11;

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Derivatives:

ˀylwly conj./prep were it not for

ˀlwlˀpwn conj. if not, unless

ˀpylw conj. even if , even

kˀylw conj. as if

kˀylwlˀ conj. as if not