"לו" meaning in Hebrew

See לו in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /lu/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: לוּ [canonical], lu [romanization]
Etymology: Compare Arabic لَوْ (law). Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|لَوْ}} Arabic لَوْ (law) Head templates: {{head|he|conjunction|head=לוּ|tr=lu}} לוּ • (lu)
  1. if, if only
    Sense id: en-לו-he-conj-yZMxJhuq
  2. if only, I wish
    Sense id: en-לו-he-conj-kQ~RDxnS Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 3 81 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: אִם (im), אילו (ílu), אִלּוּ (ílu)
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

IPA: /lo/ Forms: לוֹ [canonical], lo [romanization]
Etymology: See ל־. Etymology templates: {{m|he|ל־}} ל־ Head templates: {{head|he|preposition form|head=לוֹ|tr=lo}} לוֹ • (lo)
  1. Form of ל־ (l'-) including third-person masculine singular personal pronoun as object. Tags: form-of Form of: ל־ (extra: (l'-) including third-person masculine singular personal pronoun as object)
    Sense id: en-לו-he-prep-97~bAmxV Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for לו meaning in Hebrew (3.2kB)

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        "if, if only"
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          "if",
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          "if only"
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        {
          "english": "Six-thirty, seven, eight, on a Sunday Morning / I don't want to listen to the radio, nor read a newspaper / Soon torrential rain will start coming down / If only I could just sleep right now",
          "ref": "1985, “בוקר יום ראשון [Sunday Morning]”, in Yaakov Gilad (lyrics), עיניים שלי, performed by Yehuda Poliker",
          "text": "שֵׁשׁ וָחֵצִי, שֶׁבַע, שְׁמוֹנֶה, בֹּקֶר יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן / לֹא רוֹצֶה לִשְׁמֹעַ רַדְיוֹ, לֹא לִקְרֹא עִתּוֹן / עוֹד מְעַט עוֹמֵד לָרֶדֶת גֶּשֶׁם שִׁטָּפוֹן / לוּ יָכֹלְתִּי עַכְשָׁו רָק לִישֹׁן",
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        "if only, I wish"
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          "I wish"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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          "english": "waking up to a different reality, it's difficult for him, it hurts him",
          "text": "לי בירן, מציאות שונה\nמתעורר למציאות שונה, זה קשה לו, זה כואב לו",
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          "ref": "1985, “בוקר יום ראשון [Sunday Morning]”, in Yaakov Gilad (lyrics), עיניים שלי, performed by Yehuda Poliker",
          "text": "שֵׁשׁ וָחֵצִי, שֶׁבַע, שְׁמוֹנֶה, בֹּקֶר יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן / לֹא רוֹצֶה לִשְׁמֹעַ רַדְיוֹ, לֹא לִקְרֹא עִתּוֹן / עוֹד מְעַט עוֹמֵד לָרֶדֶת גֶּשֶׁם שִׁטָּפוֹן / לוּ יָכֹלְתִּי עַכְשָׁו רָק לִישֹׁן",
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          "I wish"
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      "roman": "im",
      "word": "אִם"
    },
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      "roman": "ílu",
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    {
      "roman": "ílu",
      "word": "אִלּוּ"
    }
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          "english": "waking up to a different reality, it's difficult for him, it hurts him",
          "text": "לי בירן, מציאות שונה\nמתעורר למציאות שונה, זה קשה לו, זה כואב לו",
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      "homophone": "לא"
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