[
בֵּ֫לֶת]
substantive (from
בָּלָה, of the form
דֶּלֶת Ol
§ 146 b) properly
failure, hence used as
particle of negation,
not, except (compare
בְּלִי,
אֶפֶס), twice with suffix (see below), elsewhere always
בִּלְתִּי (with binding vowel
יִ֯, as mark of construct state: Sta
§ 343 Ges
§ 90, 3), (Phoenician
בלת only: Tabnith-Inscription
5) —
1. adverb not, with an adjective
1 Samuel 20:26 בִּלְתִּי טָהוֺר not clean, with a substantive
Isaiah 14:6 מַכַּת בִּלְתִּי סָרָה a stroke of
non— verb (si vera lectio)
Ezekiel 13:3 (RVm: but see Dr
§ 41 Obs.).
3. conjunction (likewise after a negative, expressed or implied)
Genesis 43:3 בִּלְתִּי אֲחִיכֶם אִתְּכֶם except your brother (be) with you,
Genesis 43:5;
Numbers 11:6 our soul is dry, there is nothing at all;
save that our eyes are toward the manna,
Isaiah 10:4 (and where will ye leave your glory ?)
save that they bow down under the prisoners, and fall under the slain! i.e. (iron.) their only refuge will be among the corpses of a battle-field. So
בִּלְתִּי אִם Amos 3:3,
4. —
Daniel 11:18, where no negative precedes, it is difficult to extract a sense consistent with the general usage of
בִּלְתִּי : Ges
besides that his reproach he will return unto him, Ew
only, nothing but, Hi
certainly, Drechsler (on
Isaiah 10:4)
nay, even (compare RV).
4. With prepositions
a. לְבִלְתִּי 86 so as not...,
in order not... negation of
לְ followed by infinitive), usually followed by infinitive construct, as
Genesis 4:15 gave a sign to Cain
לְבִלְתִּי הַכּוֺת־אֹתוֺ in order that any finding him should
not smite him,
Genesis 19:21;
Genesis 38:9;
Exodus 8:18;
Exodus 8:25;
Exodus 9:17;
Leviticus 18:30;
Leviticus 20:4;
Leviticus 26:15;
Deuteronomy 8:11;
Deuteronomy 17:12 the man that doeth presumptuously
לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמֹעַ so as not to hearken etc. (compare
Jeremiah 16:12;
Jeremiah 17:23;
Jeremiah 18:10;
Jeremiah 42:13;
Daniel 9:11)
Daniel 9:20;
Judges 2:23 +;
לְבִלְתִּי הוֺעִיל in order not to profit (the result represented forcibly as the design; compare below
לְמַעַן)
Isaiah 44:10;
Jeremiah 7:8; after verbs of commanding
Genesis 3:11 which I commanded thee
לְבִלְתִּי אֲכָל־מִמֶּנּוּ not to eat thereof,
2 Kings 17:15;
Jeremiah 35:8f.;
Jeremiah 35:14;
Ruth 2:9, swearing
Deuteronomy 4:21;
Joshua 5:6;
Judges 21:7;
Ezekiel 20:15, agreeing
2 Kings 12:9, interceding
Jeremiah 36:25. Once
לְבִלְתִּי לְ 2 Kings 23:10 (compare
לְמַעַן לְ Ezekiel 21:20,
בַּעֲבוּר לְ 1 Chronicles 19:3). Twice as conjunction with the imperfect,
Exodus 20:20;
2 Samuel 14:14 (compare
בַּעֲבוּר, &
מִן Deuteronomy 33:11). In
Jeremiah 23:14;
Jeremiah 27:18 followed by perfect, which is inconsistent with the nature of a final conjunction: read either
יָשׁוּבוּ,
יָבאֹוּ, or
שׁוּב,
בוֺא (compare Dr
§ 41 Obs.). On
Ezekiel 13:3 see above.
b. מִבִּלְתִּי an account of not... (negation of
מִן followed by infinitive): followed by infinitive
Numbers 14:16 מִבִּלְתִּי יְכֹלֶת י׳; a verbal noun
Ezekiel 16:28 מִבִּלְתִּי שָׂבְעָתֵךְ.
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