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lw conj. whether; if only

lw ... lw : whether ... or

OA^Zenj

if only

Sam

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even if

JLAtg

TgJ 2Sam18:12var.↗ וְאִלוּ/וְלוּ/ אְנָא תָקֵיל עַל יְדַי אַלַף סִלעִין דִכסַף לָא אוֹשֵיט יְדִי בְבַר מַלכָא‏wəˀilû/wəlû/ ˀənāˀ tāqeyl ˁal yəday ˀalap silˁiyn diksap lāˀ ˀowšeyṭ yədiy bəbar malkāˀܘܐܼܠܘܼ/ܘܠܘܼ/ ܐܢܵܐ ܬܵܩܹܝܠ ܥܲܠ ܝܕܲܝ ܐܲܠܲܦ ܣܼܠܥܼܝܢ ܕܼܟܣܲܦ ܠܵܐ ܐܘܿܘܫܹܝܛ ܝܕܼܝ ܒܒܲܪ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ‏ܘܐܼܠܘܼ/ܘܠܘܼ/ ܐܢܵܐ ܬܵܩܹܝܠ ܥܲܠ ܝܕܲܝ ܐܲܠܲܦ ܣܼܠܥܼܝܢ ܕܼܟܣܲܦ ܠܵܐ ܐܘܿܘܫܹܝܛ ܝܕܼܝ ܒܒܲܪ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ‏wəˀilû/wəlû/ ˀənāˀ tāqeyl ˁal yəday ˀalap silˁiyn diksap lāˀ ˀowšeyṭ yədiy bəbar malkāˀוְאִלוּ/וְלוּ/ אְנָא תָקֵיל עַל יְדַי אַלַף סִלעִין דִכסַף לָא אוֹשֵיט יְדִי בְבַר מַלכָא‏ܘܐܼܠܘܼ/ܘܠܘܼ/ ܐܢܵܐ ܬܵܩܹܝܠ ܥܲܠ ܝܕܲܝ ܐܲܠܲܦ ܣܼܠܥܼܝܢ ܕܼܟܣܲܦ ܠܵܐ ܐܘܿܘܫܹܝܛ ܝܕܼܝ ܒܒܲܪ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ‏ܘܐܼܠܘܼ/ܘܠܘܼ/ ܐܢܵܐ ܬܵܩܹܝܠ ܥܲܠ ܝܕܲܝ ܐܲܠܲܦ ܣܼܠܥܼܝܢ ܕܼܟܣܲܦ ܠܵܐ ܐܘܿܘܫܹܝܛ ܝܕܼܝ ܒܒܲܪ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ‏ : even if I had a thousand pieces of silver in my possession I would not stretch out my hand against the King's son †

hn lw, hnlw : see s.v. ˀlw conj.

OfA^Eg

☛Derivatives▶

ˀe/illū conj. — if only
- ˀlwlˀpwn conj. — if not, unless
- ˀlwt conj. — even if it be (??)
- ˀpylw conj. — even if , even
- ˀylwly conj./prep — were it not for
- kˀylw conj. — as if
  - kˀylwlˀ conj. — as if not
lwlˀ conj./adv. — if it were not that
- lwlw interj. — far be it!
lway/lwē interj. — O that
mlwˀ conj. — if only, would that

🔍Concordance▶

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✎Notes & Bibliography▶

JLA, Sam. usage is a Hebraism. (Note that in JLA it only occurs as a textual variant to אלו. Aramaic cognates are ˀlw conj., lˀ #2 adv., and the precative prefix l_ in Samalian and Fakh(112002).

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Tal Sam: 427bDNWSI: 567DISO: 136