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lwy (lway/lwē) interj. O that
Oh that! Would that!
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w. perfect : unreal conditional
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgJ 2Sam19:1↗ לְוֵי דְמֵיתִית אְנָא חֲלוֹפָך‏ : would that I had died instead of you ; BR 870:7(1)↗ חד והלווי קבריה‏ : (he had) one (brother), and would that he had buried him! ; PTQid 61.b:30[2]↗ הלואי הוה לי אבא ואימא דאוקרינון‏ : oh that I had father and mother to honor! ; TN Num11:4marg.↗ ליוואי הווה לן דמייכל יתן‏ : would that we had someone who feeds us ; CPA Ex16:3↗ ܠܘܐ݁ ܡܝ̈ܬܢܗ ܠܩ̈ܝܢ ܡܢ ܡܪܐ ܒܐܪܥܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ‏ : would that we had died struck by the Lord in the land of Egypt ; Marqe 1.453↗ לאוי לא עמינן משה‏ : would that we had not seen Moses ; AphDem18.351:7↗ ܠܘܝ ܕܝܢ ܠܐ ܐܬܝܠܕ ܙܡܪܝ ‍<‍ܕ‍>‍ܡܛܠ ܙܢܝܘܬܗ܂ ‍{‍ܕ‍}‍ܒܚܕܐ ܫܥܐ ܢܦܠܘ ܡܢ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ܃ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ ܐ̈ܠܦܝܢ‏ : if only Zimri had not been born on account of whose whoring 24,000 Israelites fell at one time [see Num 25] ; PJ Num14:2↗ לואי דמיתנא בארעא דמצרים‏ : would that we had died in Egypt
(2)
w. non-perfective : real conditional
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Deut5:29↗ לְוֵי דִיהֵי לִיבָא הָדֵין לְהוֹן‏ : would that they get this heart ; TN Gen21:7↗ אלווי מן ייזיל ותני בבייתיה דנחור‏ : would that someone would go and tell about it in PN's house ; P 1S20:14↗ ܘܠܘܝ ܕܝܢ ܟܕ ܐܢܐ ܚܝ܂ ܐܠܐ ܥܒܕ ܥܡܝ ܛܝܒܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ‏ : would that, while I am living, you but treat me with God's grace
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See also s.vv. ˀlwwy, hlwˀy.

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