אוּלַי
Used: 45 times · Key: 194 · BDB: אוּלַי²
Glosses
perhaps (45)
Meaning (OSHB)
if not tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
adv. peradventure, perhaps tree →
The whole BDB entry
and (Gn 24:39) אֻלַי adv. (perhaps from אוֹ & לַי = לֵי, לֵא, as in לוּלֵא, = or not?) peradventure, perhaps; usually expressing a hope, as Gn 16:2 Nu 22:6, 11; 23:3 1 S 6:5 Je 20:10; but also a fear or doubt, as Gn 27:12 Jb 1:5, sq. לֹא Gn 24:5, 39; in mockery Is 47:12; Je 51:8. followed by another clause ἀσυνδέτως, it expresses virtually the protasis = if peradventure Gn 18:24, 28 (cf. v 29–32) Ho 8:7 the blade shall yield no meal; אוּלַי יַעֲשֶׂה זָרִים יִבְלָעֻהוּ if perchance it yield strangers shall swallow it up. in Nu 22:33 לוּלֵי (q.v.) must be read; unless she had turned aside from me, surely, etc.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (20 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אוּלַי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּֽעָפָר֙ פִּ֔יהוּ אוּלַ֖י יֵ֥שׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃
Word for word: let.him.put in the dust mouth his perhaps there.[is] hope
JPS 1917: Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
וָאֹמַ֖ר אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֑י אֻלַ֛י לֹא־תֵלֵ֥ךְ הָאִשָּׁ֖ה אַחֲרָֽי׃
Word for word: and I.said to master my perhaps not she.will.go the woman after me
JPS 1917: And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
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