hebrew #3863 - לוּא lu (if)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Or lu {loo}; or luw {loo}; a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. As a wish) would that! -- if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

לאב (√ of following, compare Arabic (medial ) be thirsty, a stony tract of land (see Wetzst^{Reisebericht 99})).

לוּ₁₇ and לוּא ( 1 Samuel 14:30; Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 63:19), also לֻא (Qr לוּ), 2 Samuel 18:12; 2 Samuel 19:7 (Arabic , Aramaic , לְוַי, Mishna לְוַי, Assyrian lû, with optative force, Dl^{§§ 78 end, 93, 145}; compare Kö^{ii. 333}),

conjunctionif, O that: —

1if (stating a case which has not been, or is not likely to be, realized):

a. followed by perfect (so mostly), Deuteronomy 32:29לו חכמו ישׂכילו זאתif they had been wise (which they are not), they would understand this; Micah 2:11 (apodosis וְהָיָה); Judges 8:19; Judges 13:23להמיתנו לא לקח לו׳חפץ יif J. had desired to slay us, he would not have taken, &c.; 1 Samuel 14:30; 2 Samuel 19:7.

b. followed by imperfect Ezekiel 14:15if I were to send, &c. (but read probably אוֺ, compare Ezekiel 14:17; Ezekiel 14:19).

c. followed by participle, 2 Samuel 18:12וְלֻא אָנֹכִי שֹׁקֵל and though I should be weighing 1000 pieces of silver upon my hand, I would not, &c.; Psalm 81:14-17לו עמי שֹׁמֵעַ ליif my people were hearkening to me, . . . quickly would I bow down, &c.

d. followed by יֵשׁJob 16:4. — With the apodosis omitted, Genesis 50:15לוּ יִשְׂטְמֵנוּif Joseph were to hate us (how should we fare then ?).

2If only ...! i.e. O that! would that! (compare εἰ γάρ, εἴθε) usually followed by perf., as Numbers 14:2 (twice in verse) לוּ מַתְנוּif only we had died in the land of Egypt! Numbers 20:3; Joshua 7:7וְלוּ הוֺאַלְנוּ וַנֵּשֶׁבIsaiah 48:18; Isaiah 63:19; followed by יֵשׁNumbers 22:29; followed by imperfect Genesis 17:18לו יחיהO that Ishmael might live before thee! Job 6:2; followed by jussive Genesis 30:34כדברך לו יהי; followed by imperative Genesis 23:13אם אתה לוּ שׁמעני if thou — O that thou wouldst hear me! (+ probably Genesis 23:5לאמר ׃ לוּ שׁמעני for ׳לאמרֹ לוֺ ׃ שׁ, and similarly Genesis 23:15). — Read also probably לֻא for Masoretic לֹאJudges 21:22 (with כִּי עַתָּה), 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 20:14 (twice in verse); Job 9:33 (followed by יֵשׁ); and perhaps Job 14:4 (Ew Kö).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3863. לוּא (lu or lu or lu) — 22 Occurrences

Genesis 17:18
HEB:אֶל־ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים ל֥וּ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל יִחְיֶ֥ה
NAS: to God, Oh that Ishmael
KJV: unto God, O that Ishmael
INT: to God Oh Ishmael live

Genesis 23:13
HEB:אִם־ אַתָּ֥ה ל֖וּ שְׁמָעֵ֑נִי נָתַ֜תִּי
NAS: you will only please listen
KJV: saying, But if thou [wilt give it], I pray thee, hear
INT: If you please listen will give

Genesis 30:34
HEB:לָבָ֖ן הֵ֑ן ל֖וּ יְהִ֥י כִדְבָרֶֽךָ׃
KJV: said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
INT: Laban Good be it be according to your word

Genesis 50:15
HEB:אֲבִיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ ל֥וּ יִשְׂטְמֵ֖נוּ יוֹסֵ֑ף
KJV: Joseph will peradventure hate us,
INT: their father said will peradventure bears Joseph

Numbers 14:2
HEB:כָּל־ הָעֵדָ֗ה לוּ־ מַ֙תְנוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
NAS: said to them, Would that we had died
KJV: said unto them, Would God that we had died
INT: the whole congregation Would had died the land

Numbers 14:2
HEB:בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה לוּ־ מָֽתְנוּ׃
NAS: Or would that we had died
KJV: of Egypt! or would God we had died
INT: wilderness this would had died

Numbers 20:3
HEB:וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לֵאמֹ֔ר וְל֥וּ גָוַ֛עְנוּ בִּגְוַ֥ע
NAS: saying, If only we had perished
KJV: saying, Would God that we had died
INT: and spoke saying If had perished perished

Numbers 22:29
HEB:הִתְעַלַּ֖לְתְּ בִּ֑י ל֤וּ יֶשׁ־ חֶ֙רֶב֙
NAS: you have made a mockery of me! If there
KJV: Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were
INT: Because have made If there A sword

Deuteronomy 32:29
HEB: ל֥וּ חָכְמ֖וּ יַשְׂכִּ֣ילוּ
NAS:Would that they were wise,
KJV:O that they were wise,
INT:Would were wise understood

Joshua 7:7
HEB:הָאֱמֹרִ֖י לְהַאֲבִידֵ֑נוּ וְלוּ֙ הוֹאַ֣לְנוּ וַנֵּ֔שֶׁב
NAS: to destroy us? If only we had been willing
KJV: to destroy us? would to God we had been content,
INT: of the Amorites to destroy If had been willing to dwell

Judges 8:19
HEB:חַי־ יְהוָ֗ה ל֚וּ הַחֲיִתֶ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם
NAS: lives, if only you had let them live,
KJV: liveth, if ye had saved them alive,
INT: lives the LORD if live not

Judges 13:23
HEB:ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה
NAS: said to him, If the LORD
KJV: said unto him, If the LORD
INT: said his wife If had desired the LORD

1 Samuel 14:30
HEB:אַ֗ף כִּ֡י לוּא֩ אָכֹ֨ל אָכַ֤ל
NAS: more, if only the people
KJV: How much more, if haply the people
INT: How for if had eaten freely

2 Samuel 18:12
HEB:[וְלֹא כ] (וְל֨וּא ק) אָנֹכִ֜י
NAS: to Joab, Even if I should receive
KJV: unto Joab, Though I should receive
INT: against to Joab if I receive

2 Samuel 19:6
HEB:[לֹא כ] (ל֣וּ ק) אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם
NAS: this day that if Absalom
KJV: I perceive, that if Absalom
INT: day for if Absalom were alive

Job 6:2
HEB: ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל
NAS:Oh that my grief were actually
KJV:Oh that my grief were throughly
INT:Oh were actually weighed

Job 9:33
HEB: לֹ֣א יֵשׁ־ בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ
INT:if There between

Job 16:4
HEB:כָּכֶ֪ם אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה ל֤וּ־ יֵ֪שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם
NAS: could speak like you, If I were in your place.
KJV: I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul
INT: I speak If were your soul

Psalm 81:13
HEB: ל֗וּ עַ֭מִּי שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ
NAS:Oh that My people would listen
KJV:Oh that my people had hearkened
INT:Oh my people listen

Isaiah 48:18
HEB: ל֥וּא הִקְשַׁ֖בְתָּ לְמִצְוֹתָ֑י
NAS:If only you had paid attention
KJV:O that thou hadst hearkened
INT:If had paid to my commandments

Ezekiel 14:15
HEB: לֽוּ־ חַיָּ֥ה רָעָ֛ה
NAS:If I were to cause wild beasts
KJV:If I cause noisome beasts
INT:If beasts wild

Micah 2:11
HEB: לוּ־ אִ֞ישׁ הֹלֵ֥ךְ
NAS:If a man walking
KJV:If a man walking
INT:If A man walking