אִלּוּ
Used: 2 times · Key: 432 · BDB: אִלּוּ
Glosses
if (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
if tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
conj. if, though tree →
The whole BDB entry
conj. (often in Mishnah; Aramaic אִילּוּ, ܐܶܠܘܽ, ࠀࠋࠅ: from אִין, ܐܶܢ, and לוּ) if, though, only in late Heb., Ec 6:6 Est 7:4.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (20 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אִלּוּ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וְאִלּ֣וּ חָיָ֗ה אֶ֤לֶף שָׁנִים֙ פַּעֲמַ֔יִם וְטוֹבָ֖ה לֹ֣א רָאָ֑ה הֲלֹ֛א אֶל־מָק֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד הַכֹּ֥ל הוֹלֵֽךְ׃
Word for word: and if he.lived a.thousand years two.times and good not he.saw ? not to a.place one [are].(the) all going
JPS 1917: yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and enjoy no good; do not all go to one place?
כִּ֤י נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמִּ֔י לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד לַהֲר֣וֹג וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד וְ֠אִלּוּ לַעֲבָדִ֨ים וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּי כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין הַצָּ֛ר שֹׁוֶ֖ה בְּנֵ֥זֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס
Word for word: (dm) we.have.been.sold I and people my to annihilate to kill and to destroy and if to male.slaves and to female.slaves we.had.been.sold I.kept.quiet (dm) not the distress [is].equal for the.injury of the.king
JPS 1917: for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, for the adversary is not worthy that the king be endamaged.'
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