1. בְּלִי
wearing out
The corpus record — Hebrew
בְּלִי֙
beliy · subst
wearing out
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 58 · 1.89/10k
Senses
2. בְּלִי
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
Attestations
- בְּלִי֙ Genesis 31:20 (BHS)
- הַֽ/מִ/בְּלִ֤י Exodus 14:11 (BHS)
- בִּ/בְלִי Deuteronomy 4:42 (BHS)
- מִ/בְּלִי֙ Deuteronomy 9:28 (BHS)
- בִּ/בְלִי Deuteronomy 19:4 (BHS)
- מִ/בְּלִ֥י Deuteronomy 28:55 (BHS)
6 of 58 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 99; entry #1956 Review: Under source audit
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