Perhaps
אוּלַיStrong’s H0194ulay (u-lay)
Appears in 44 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ulay is the Hebrew word usually translated “perhaps”. It appears in 44 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.”
Meaning
- Perhaps, peradventure
- If peradventure
- Unless
- Suppose
How it's translated
- perhaps 45
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 12
- Jeremiah 6
- Numbers 5
- 1 Samuel 3
- 1 Kings 3
- Joshua 2
17 books in all.
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- Genesis 18:24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
- Genesis 18:28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
- Genesis 18:29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:30And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
- Genesis 18:31And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:32And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
All 44 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
אוּלַי ulay · perhaps
1) perhaps, peradventure 2) if peradventure 3) unless 4) suppose
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.