Lule לוּלֵא

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Lule (Hebrew לוּלֵא, Strong's H3884) is a Hebrew conditional particle meaning “unless”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

unless, if not, except

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	except (4), unless (4), if (3), not (2)
BSB	had not (5), unless (2), if i had not (1), if you had not (1), were it not (1), still (1)

Every verse with Lule, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
Genesis 43:10
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”

Deuteronomy 32:27
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

Judges 14:18
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

1 Samuel 25:34
For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”

2 Samuel 2:27
And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”

2 Kings 3:14
And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.

Psalm 27:13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalm 94:17
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
Psalm 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
Psalm 119:92
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
Psalm 124:1
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
Psalm 124:2
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

Isaiah 1:9
Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).