Original Language Studio
Numbers 5:30
“Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H176 · Hebrew
- Definition
- desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
- Derivation
- presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה);
- KJV renderings
- also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
- Grammar
- א֣וֹ — conjunction
- Usage
- Occurs 321 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:49Genesis 24:50Genesis 24:55Genesis 31:43Genesis 44:8
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 אוֹ 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.