Ulay (אולי) means maybe in Hebrew.
It can also mean perhaps. It is an adverb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
maybe, perhaps
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Ulay.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראמילה המשמשת לתיאור אפשרות.
אוּלַי יֵשׁ חֲמִשִּׁים צַדִּיקִם בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר הַאַף תִּסְפֶּה וְלֹא תִשָּׂא לַמָּקוֹם לְמַעַן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִם אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבָּהּ.
- 2לשון המקראאף אם.
כִּי רוּחַ יִזְרָעוּ וְסוּפָתָה יִקְצֹרוּ קָמָה אֵין לוֹ צֶמַח בְּלִי יַעֲשֶׂה קֶּמַח אוּלַי יַעֲשֶׂה זָרִים יִבְלָעֻהוּ
- 3אם לא, לולא.
וַתִּרְאַנִי הָאָתוֹן וַתֵּט לְפָנַי זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים, אוּלַי נָטְתָה מִפָּנַי כִּי עַתָּה גַּם אֹתְכָה הָרַגְתִּי וְאוֹתָהּ הֶחֱיֵיתִי
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ulay is an adverb.
- Written with vowel points
- אוּלַי
- Written without vowel points
- אולי
- Said
- ulay
- Root
- א־ו־ל
- Gematria
- 47
This is how Ulay is said in other languages.
- English
- maybe, perhaps
- Arabic
- لعلّ, ربما
- Russian
- может быть, возможно
- French
- peut-être, peut-être bien
- Spanish
- tal vez, acaso, quizás, quizá
- German
- vielleicht
- Yiddish
- אפֿשר
These words mean nearly the same as Ulay.
- יתכן
- שמאlest
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Ulay.
The word Ulay comes from the root א־ו־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Ulay in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ulay.
What does Ulay (אולי) mean in Hebrew?
Ulay (אולי) means maybe and perhaps. It is said ulay, with the stress on lay.
What is a synonym for Ulay (אולי)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ulay (אולי) are יתכן and שמא.
What rhymes with Ulay (אולי)?
Words that rhyme with Ulay (אולי) include חקלאי, תנאי, חי, גיא, הגאי, and סיני.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אולי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.