il.lu marks an exception or limiting condition within a clause.

The conjunction marks an exception or limiting condition: Ecclesiastes 6:6 frames a life without enjoyment against the same final destination, while Esther 7:4 sets enslavement apart from the destruction Esther describes.

1. Conjunction marking an exception or condition · dominant

   In Ecclesiastes 6:6, the conjunction occurs in the clause about living twice a thousand years without enjoying good before the question about going to one place. In Esther 7:4, it introduces the hypothetical sale as male and female servants, contrasted with the stated sale for destruction; the APB renders the surrounding clause, "Yet if we had been sold as male and female servants, I would have remained silent."

   Ecclesiastes 6:6Esther 7:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses with "Even if" in Ecclesiastes 6:6 and "Yet if" in Esther 7:4. These phrases indicate the clauses' conditional or exceptional framing rather than a fixed English equivalent.