אִלּוּ

אִילּוּ, אִלּוּ(late b. h. = אִן לוּ; cmp. Ez. 3:6) if (oh that!). Targ. Ez. l. c.; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 12 א׳ היו … היתה נאה if the pillars had been higher, it would have looked better; a. fr.וא׳ but if (considering), whereas. Ber.20a; a. fr.וא׳ר׳ whereas R. Yudah א׳ … וא׳ while …, in this case on the contrary. Ib. 37a דא׳ במעשה … ואי׳וכ׳ for while over pot-dishes we say the benediction , here, in our case we say; a. fr. Y.Shebu.I, 33b topאי׳ מי ש in the case of one who …כְּאִילּוּ, כְּאִלּוּ, contr. כִּילּוּ as if, as though. Y.Maas. Sh. V, 56d bot. כא׳ לפניו שינה as if the Lord were, so to say, asleep, when Israel is in trouble; a. v. fr.Y.Kil.IV, end, 29d כילו.