Strong's Concordance
Original word: לוּא
Transliteration: lu
Definition (short): if
Definition (full): if, would that!
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. conjunction
Definition: if, oh that
NASB Translation: if (8), if only (4), Oh (4), please (1), would (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Or lu {loo}; or luw {loo}; a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. As a wish) would that! -- if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
References
KJV:
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
NASB:
And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!"
KJV:
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
NASB:
He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there."
KJV:
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
NASB:
All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!