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אִלּוּ

ilu · if (unreal)

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H432 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

ilu (אִלּוּ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “if (unreal)”.

If (for a supposition that is not fulfilled): "if we had been…".

How to say it

i·lu

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A word that presents something as a supposition that is not so or did not happen: "if… (but not)."

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Esther 7:4

    For we have been sold, I and my people, to destroy, to kill, and to make perish. And if we had been sold as male slaves and female slaves, I would have kept silent, for the adversary is not worth the harm to the king.”

  • Ecclesiastes 6:6

    And even if he lived a thousand years twice and did not see good, do not all go to one place?