"לו" meaning in Hebrew

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          "english": "If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0532#לב_כט|32:29]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "text": "לוּ חָכְמוּ יַשְׂכִּילוּ זֹאת יָבִינוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָם׃",
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        "if (used in forming counterfactual conditionals)"
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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 [My Dearest], 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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          "english": "And Balaam said unto the ass: ‘Because thou hast mocked me; I would [If only] there were a sword in my hand, for now I had [would have] killed thee.’",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0422#כב_ג|22:3]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "text": "וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם לָאָתוֹן כִּי הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ בִּי לוּ יֶשׁ־חֶרֶב בְּיָדִי כִּי עַתָּה הֲרַגְתִּיךְ׃",
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      "glosses": [
        "if only, I wish"
      ],
      "id": "en-לו-he-conj-kQ~RDxnS",
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          "if only"
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        [
          "I wish",
          "I wish"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "im",
      "word": "אִם"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ílu",
      "word": "אילו"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ílu",
      "word": "אִלּוּ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לו"
}

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  "etymology_text": "See ל־.",
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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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          "ל־",
          "ל־#Hebrew"
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    {
      "ipa": "/lo/"
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    {
      "homophone": "לא"
    }
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  "word": "לו"
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          "english": "If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0532#לב_כט|32:29]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "text": "לוּ חָכְמוּ יַשְׂכִּילוּ זֹאת יָבִינוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָם׃",
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          "ref": "1985, “בוקר יום ראשון [Sunday Morning]”, in Yaakov Gilad (lyrics), עיניים שלי [My Dearest], 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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          "text": "וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם לָאָתוֹן כִּי הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ בִּי לוּ יֶשׁ־חֶרֶב בְּיָדִי כִּי עַתָּה הֲרַגְתִּיךְ׃",
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      "roman": "im",
      "word": "אִם"
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      "roman": "ílu",
      "word": "אילו"
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    {
      "roman": "ílu",
      "word": "אִלּוּ"
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  "word": "לו"
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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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