לו

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic لَوْ (law).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /lu/

Conjunction

לוּ • (lu)

if, if only
if only, I wish
- 1985, “בוקר יום ראשון [Sunday Morning]”, in Yaakov Gilad (lyrics), עיניים שלי [My Dearest]‎, performed by Yehuda Poliker:
  שֵׁשׁ וָ חֵצִי, שֶׁבַע, שְׁמוֹנֶה, בֹּקֶר יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן / לֹא רוֹצֶה לִשְׁמֹעַ רַדְיוֹ, לֹא לִקְרֹא עִתּוֹן / עוֹד מְעַט עוֹמֵד לָרֶדֶת גֶּשֶׁם שִׁטָּפוֹן / לוּ יָכֹלְתִּי עַכְשָׁו רָק לִישֹׁן
  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

Usage notes

The word is used, differently from אִם (im) and אילו / אִלּוּ (ílu), to describe states that can not happen.

Synonyms

אִם (im), אילו / אִלּוּ (ílu)

Etymology 2

See ל־.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lo/
Homophone: לא

Preposition

לוֹ • (lo)

Form of ל־ (l'-) including third-person masculine singular personal pronoun as object.
- לי בירן, מציאות שונה
  מתעורר למציאות שונה, זה קשה לו, זה כואב לו
  waking up to a different reality, it's difficult for him, it hurts him

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