'May' in the Bible

And they said to another, “Come, let us cast lots, so we may learn who is to blame for this disaster.” So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

Then they said to him, “What should we do to you, so that the sea will become calm for us?”—for the sea was becoming more and more violent.

Who knows, God may turn [in compassion] and relent and withdraw His burning anger (judgment) so that we will not perish.”