1 Samuel 14:30:31 Sam.14.30.W3TAB
לוּא֩
lu
“if”
- Transliteration
- LU
- Extended
- LOO
- IPA
- /luː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LU
- phraseyour reading level
LU a-KHOL a-KHAL ha-YOM
- clause
AF KI LU a-KHOL a-KHAL ha-YOM ha-AM mish-le-LAL o-ye-VAV a-SHER ma-TSA
- sentence
AF KI LU a-KHOL a-KHAL ha-YOM ha-AM mish-le-LAL o-ye-VAV a-SHER ma-TSA KI a-TA lo-RA-ve-ta ma-KA ba-pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a justification clause, and the particle lu {לוּא | lûʾ} marks an unattainable wish.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:30
Indeed, if only the people had eaten today from the plunder of their enemies that they had found, then the slaughter of the Philistines would not have been so small and would have been much greater.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word לוּא֩ (lu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.14.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.30.W3.S1) and character.