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Deuteronomy 17:20
“That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1115 · Hebrew
- Definition
- 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.
- Derivation
- constructive feminine of H1086 (בָּלָה) (equivalent to H1097 (בְּלִי));
- KJV renderings
- because un(satiable), beside, but, [phrase] continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- בִלְתִּ֤י — conjunction
- Usage
- Occurs 112 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:11Genesis 4:15Genesis 19:21Genesis 21:26Genesis 38:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בִּלְתִּי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.