For except
luwle' (loo-lay')
if not -- except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.
we had lingered
mahahh (maw-hah')
to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant -- delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.
surely now we had returned
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
this second time
pa`am (pah'-am)
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) -- anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
