Strong's Concordance ulay: perhaps Original Word: אוּלַיPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: ulay Phonetic Spelling: (oo-lah'ee) Short Definition: perhaps Brown-Driver-Briggs II. אוּלַי44 and (Genesis 24:39) אֻלַי adverb (perhaps from אוֺ & לַי = לֵי, לֵא, as in לוּלֵא, = or not ?). 1 peradventure, perhaps; usually expressing a hope, as Genesis 16:2; Numbers 22:6,11; Numbers 23:3; 1 Samuel 6:5; Jeremiah 20:10; but also a fear or doubt, as Genesis 27:12; Job 1:5, followed by לֹא Genesis 24:5,39; in mockery Isaiah 47:12; Jeremiah 51:8. 2 followed by another clause ἀσυνδέτως, it, it expresses vir-tually the protasis = if peradventure Genesis 18:24,28 (compare Genesis 18:29-32) Hosea 8:7 the blade shall yield no meal; אוּלַי יַעֲשֶׂה זָרִים יִבְלָעֻהוּ if perchance it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. 3 in Numbers 22:33 לוּלֵי (q.v) must be read; unless she had turned aside from me, surely, etc. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance if so be, may be, peradventure, unless Or (shortened) rulay {oo-lah'ee}; from 'ow; if not; hence perhaps -- if so be, may be, peradventure, unless. see HEBREW 'ow Forms and Transliterations א֠וּלַי אֻלַ֛י אוּלַ֖י אוּלַ֗י אוּלַ֛י אוּלַ֞י אוּלַ֡י אוּלַ֣י אוּלַ֣י ׀ אוּלַ֤י אוּלַ֥י אוּלַ֨י אוּלַי֙ אוּלַי֩ אולי אלי ’u·lay ’ū·lay ’ulay ’ūlay uLaiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 19445 Occurrences ’ū·lay — 45 Occ. Genesis 16:2 HEB: אֶל־ שִׁפְחָתִ֔י אוּלַ֥י אִבָּנֶ֖ה מִמֶּ֑נָּה NAS: in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children KJV: unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children INT: to my maid perhaps will obtain through Genesis 18:24 Genesis 18:28 Genesis 18:29 Genesis 18:30 Genesis 18:31 Genesis 18:32 Genesis 24:5 Genesis 24:39 Genesis 27:12 Genesis 32:20 Genesis 43:12 Exodus 32:30 Numbers 22:6 Numbers 22:11 Numbers 22:33 Numbers 23:3 Numbers 23:27 Joshua 9:7 Joshua 14:12 1 Samuel 6:5 1 Samuel 9:6 1 Samuel 14:6 2 Samuel 14:15 2 Samuel 16:12 |