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Deuteronomy 32:27
“Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3884 · Hebrew
- Definition
- if not
- Derivation
- or לוּלֵי; from H3863 (לוּא) and H3808 (לֹא);
- KJV renderings
- except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.
- Grammar
- לוּלֵ֗י — conjunction
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:42Genesis 43:10Judges 14:181 Samuel 25:342 Samuel 2:27
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לוּלֵא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.