lo aleynu

Pronunciations

lo aleynu	(LOH ah-LEY-noo)
lo aleynu	(loh ah-LEY-noo)

Definitions

• interj. "I hope it won't happen to us"; "God forbid" lit. "not unto us."
  

Example Sentences

• "I heard their house was destroyed in a hurricane." "Lo aleynu!"
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• לא עלינו
  

Who Uses This

• Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Alternative Spellings

lo olenu, lo oleynu, loy aleynu