If only... and not... it would suffice for us
If only… without… it would have been enough for us. If there had been only… and not also…, it would have sufficed.
("If He had brought us out of Egypt, and had not executed judgments upon them — it would have sufficed for us // If He had executed judgments upon them but had not done so to their gods — it would have sufficed for us." – Passover Haggadah, and: "Had we only eaten the fruits of Ginosar — it would have sufficed." – Agnon, A Bundle of Stories, 130)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אִילּוּ...וְלֹא... דַּיֵּנוּ
Definition (Hebrew)
אִלּוּ רַק...מִבְּלִי ש...הָיָה בְּכָךְ לְהַסְפִּיק עֲבוּרֵנוּ. אִלּוּ הָיָה רַק...וְלֹא הָיָה גַּם...הָיָה זֶה מַסְפִּיק עֲבוּרֵנוּ.
("אִלּוּ הוֹצֵאנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם,וְלֹא עֲשֵׂה בָּהֶם שְׁפָטִים-דַּיֵּנוּ // אִלּוּ עֲשֵׂה בָּהֶם שְׁפָטִים וְלֹא עֲשֵׂה בֶּאֱלֹהֵיהֶם-דַּיֵּנוּ" – הַגָּדָה שֶׁל פֶּסַח, וְכֵן:"אִלְמָלֵא עָלֵינוּ אֶלָּא לֶאֱכֹל פֵּרוֹת גִּנּוֹסָר דַּיֵּנוּ" – עַגְנוֹן/ תַּכְרִיךְ שֶׁל סִפּוּרִים, 130)