אִלּוּʼillûw
if, though (Ecclesiastes 6:6; Esther 7:4)
Pronunciation: il-loo' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H432
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Esther 7:4 For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would be too trivial a matter to warrant disturbing the king.”
- Ecclesiastes 6:6 He might live a thousand years twice over but still not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else—well, what’s the use?
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).