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Aramaic
Verb
ולא • (transliteration needed)
- to fit, to befit
- to be appropriate
Hebrew
Etymology
From pausal form of וְ־ (v'-, “and”) + לֹא (lo, “no”)
Pronunciation
Conjunction
וָלֹא • (való)
- or else
Tanach, 2 Samuel 13:26, with translation of the New International Version:וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם, וָלֹא יֵלֶךְ־נָא אִתָּנוּ אַמְנוֹן אָחִי;- vayómer avshalóm, való yeléch-na ittánu amnón aḥí;
- Then Absalom said, If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us;