לו

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לו¹

  • /luː/
  • [luː]
  • /lu/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Cognate with Arabic لَوْ (law).

conjunction לוּ · lu

  1. if (used in forming counterfactual conditionals) לוּ חָכְמוּ יַשְׂכִּילוּ זֹאת יָבִינוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָם׃
  2. if only, I wish (of a wish deemed unattainable or unlikely) 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

Similar: אִם, אילו, אִלּוּ

לו²

  • /lo/

Sounds like לא

Where it comes from

See ל־.

preposition לוֹ · lo

  1. 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

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conjunction

Similar: אִם, אילו, אִלּוּ

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"לו." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%95. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {לו},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%95},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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