Ilu (אילו) means whereas in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
אִלּוּ
ilu
word
In English
whereas
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ilu.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראמילת תנאי שלילית.
כִּי נִמְכַּרְנוּ אֲנִי וְעַמִּי, לְהַשְׁמִיד לַהֲרוֹג וּלְאַבֵּד; וְאִלּוּ לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחוֹת נִמְכַּרְנוּ הֶחֱרַשְׁתִּי, כִּי אֵין הַצָּר שֹׁוֶה בְּנֵזֶק הַמֶּלֶךְ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ilu is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- אִלּוּ
- Written without vowel points
- אילו
- Said
- ilu
- Gematria
- 47
This is how Ilu is said in other languages.
- English
- whereas
These words mean nearly the same as Ilu.
- לו
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These words come before and after Ilu in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ilu.
What does Ilu (אילו) mean in Hebrew?
Ilu (אילו) means whereas. It is said ilu, with the stress on i.
What is a synonym for Ilu (אילו)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ilu (אילו) are לו.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אלו of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.