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ˀylwly conj./prep were it not for
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were it not for
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before sentences
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, LJLA
TgJ Is1:9var.↗ אִילוּ/אִלוּלֵי/מוֹתַר טוּבֵיה דַיוי צְבָאוֹת אַשאַר לַנָא שֵיזָבָא‏ : had the Lord of Hosts not left us the remnant ; PTTer 45.c:36[2]↗ אילולא דאיתגלי חמרא מבשלא דידי‏ : were it not that my cooked wine had been uncovered ; PTŠab 4.a:11[2]↗ אילולא דלא מעלה רישי ביני אריוותא‏ : would that (I would not wish) to put my head between "lions" (i.e. great scholars) ; TN Gen43:10↗ אלולי דאשתהינון‏ : were it not for the fact that we tarried ; Lag(395) John19:11↗ ܐܠܘ ܠܐ ܝܗܝܒ ܠܟ ܡܢ ܠܥܝܠ‏ : had it not been given you from above ; SamTgJ Gen43:10↗ הלא אלולי אתשינן‏ : had we not tarried ; PJ Num16:19↗ אילולי דאיתגלי איקרא דייי לכל כנישתא‏ : had the Lord’s glory not been revealed to the whole congregation
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before noun phrases
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, LJLA
TgO Ex4:26↗ אִלוּלֵי דְמָא דִמהוּלתָא הָדֵין‏ : were it not for the blood of this circumcision ; PTBQ 4.a:52[2]↗ אילולא עשרתי דינריי‏ : were it not for my ten dinars ; TN Gen31:42↗ אלולי אלהיה דאבא‏ : were it not for the god of my father ; Hom2 3.1:7↗ ܘܐܠܘ ܠܐ ܡܘܫܐ݁ ܠܐ ܐܬܕܟܝܐܬ݁‏ : were it not for Moses she would not have been made clean ; Marqe 1.232↗ ואלולי יהוה יקירה‏ ; PJ Num11:31↗ אילולי זכותא דמשה ואהרן‏ : were it not for the merit of Moses and Aaron
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even if (contrary to fact; error for אילמלי)
LJLA
TgQoh6:6↗ ואילולי הוו יומי חיוי דגברא תרין אלפין שנין‏ : even if the man's lifetime were two thousand years
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 49bJastrow: 49Levy Ch-W: 1:30Tal Sam: 33DCPA[Schulthess]: 17[9]

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