1. בֵ֫לֶת
failure, not, except
The corpus record — Hebrew
לְבִלְתִּ֥י
biltiy · subst
failure, not, except
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 112 · 3.65/10k
Senses
2. בִּלְתִּי
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Attestations
- לְ/בִלְתִּ֥י Genesis 3:11 (BHS)
- לְ/בִלְתִּ֥י Genesis 4:15 (BHS)
- לְ/בִלְתִּ֛י Genesis 19:21 (BHS)
- בִּלְתִּ֥י Genesis 21:26 (BHS)
- לְ/בִלְתִּ֥י Genesis 38:9 (BHS)
- בִּלְתִּ֖י Genesis 43:3 (BHS)
6 of 112 attestations shown.
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