Original Language Studio
Genesis 31:42
“Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.” (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
- לוּלֵ֡י — conjunction
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 43:10Deuteronomy 32:27Judges 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.