לוּלֵא

לוּלֵא 1 Mos 43,10; Dom 14,18; 2 Sam 2,27; Sl 27,13, elsewhere לוּלֵי₁₀ if not, unless (from לוּ if, and לֵא, by dissimilation (Kö^{ii. 236, 489}) for לֹא not; compare Arabic ), the negative of לוּ, and used similarly: —
\ \ a. followed by perfect, Dom 14,18 לולא חרשׁתם ֗֗֗ לא מצאתם unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have found out my riddle, 1 Sam 25,34 (second כי resumptive: כִּי 1 d), Sl 106,23 with apod, introd. by כִּי עַתָּה 1 Mos 31,42; 1 Mos 43,10 by אָז 2 Sam 2,27 (כי resumptive); by כִּמְעַט Es 1,9 with an aposiop. Sl 27,13 if I had not believed ...!
\ \ b. followed by imperfect 5 Mos 32,27 אמרתי ֗֗֗ לולי אגור I should have said, &c . . . . except I dreaded, &c.
\ \ c. followed by participle, 2 Kong 3,14.
\ \ d. without a verb, Sl 94,17 (apodosis כמעט), Sl 119,92 (apodosis אָז). In the later language, Sl 124,1; Sl 124,2 -שֶׁ ׳לוּלֵי י (apodosis אֲזַי except that ... (compare Aramaic, Sl 106,23, אִילּוּלֵי ֗֗֗ דִּי Sl 27,13 ᵑ7). — Read also לוּלֵי for אוּלַי in 4 Mos 22,33 (apodosis כִּי עַתָּה). See further on לוּ and לוּלֵא Dr^{§§ 139-145} Kö^{iii. 487f; 565}.