Strong's Definition
or (shortened) rulay {oo-lah'ee}; from 176; if not; hence perhaps
KJV Usage: if so be, may be, peradventure, unless
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אוּלַי (u.lay) — perhaps. 1) perhaps, peradventure 2) if peradventure 3) unless 4) suppose
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Affirmers
perhaps, maybe, what if, suppose ..., in the unlikely event that ... = marker indicating that the information that follows is possibly true but that there is no complete certainty
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אוּלַי 44 and (Gn 24:39) אֻלַי adv. peradventure, perhaps; usually expressing a hope
followed by another clause, it expresses virtually the protasis = if peradventure
unless
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