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Deuteronomy 32:29
“O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לוּאlûwʼ · loo
H3863 · Hebrew
H3863 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
- Derivation
- or לֻא; or לוּ;
- KJV renderings
- if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
- Grammar
- ל֥וּ — conjunction
- Usage
- Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 17:18Genesis 23:13Genesis 30:34Genesis 50:15Numbers 14:2
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 לוּא 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.