Lexical Definition

‎אֲלוּ‎ ʼălûw (al-oo') behold ^A:Intj
(Aramaic) probably prolonged from ‎אֵל‎

behold.

• lo!

1) behold!, lo!

See Greek: ἰδού

Extended Information

Aramaic of: אַלְלַי

• Aramaic of al.lay (‎א‎ַ‎ל‎ְ‎ל‎ַ‎י‎ "woe!" אַלְלַי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: אֲרוּ

‎אֲלוּ‎ Interjection lo! (derivation uncertain: usually regarded as by-form of ‎אֲרוּ‎, q. v.; compare Egyptian Aramaic ‎הלו‎, Cooke^No.73, RES⁴⁹² B = S-C^{M b}); — ‎וַאֲלוּ‎ Dan 2:31 ‎חָזֵי הֲוַיְתָ וַאֲלוּ‎, Dan 4:7*; Dan 4:10*; Dan 7:8 always in description of a vision.

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