Etymology?:
constructive feminine of bālā בָּלָה ‘to become old’ , equivalent to bᵊlī בְּלִי ‘without’
Roots:
בלה
בלי
biltī neg
subst
1) not, except
adv
2) not
3) except (after preceding negation)
conj
4) except (after an implied or expressed negation)
with prep
5) so as not, in order not
6) an account of not, because...not
7) until not
Mentioned in Genesis 21:26, 47:18, 38:9, 4:15, 43:3, 43:5, 3:11, 19:21 Exodus 8:25, 20:20, 22:19, 8:18, 9:17 Codex Leviticus 20:4, 18:30, 26:15 Numbers 9:7, 32:12, 11:6, 14:16, 32:9, 21:35 Deuteronomy 17:12, 17:20, 12:23, 4:21, 3:3, 8:11 Joshua 5:6, 10:33, 22:25, 11:19, 8:22, 23:7, 11:20, 23:6, 11:8 Judges 7:14, 8:1, 2:23, 21:7 1 Samuel 2:2, 20:26 2 Samuel 14:7, 14:13, 14:14 1 Kings 6:6, 11:10, 15:17 2 Kings 17:15, 12:9, 10:11, 23:10 Isaiah 65:8, 44:10, 10:4, 14:6, 48:9 Jeremiah 16:12, 35:8, 35:14, 51:62, 17:23, 44:5, 34:9, 26:24, 32:40, 23:14, 34:10, 44:7, 17:27, 17:24, 19:15, 36:25, 38:26, 42:13, 27:18, 33:20, 18:10, 7:8, 35:9 Ezekiel 13:3, 22:30, 16:28, 20:9, 20:15, 46:20, 13:22, 20:14, 20:22, 3:21, 17:14, 24:8, 29:15, 33:15 Hosea 13:4 Amos 3:4, 3:3 Job 42:8, 14:12 Ruth 2:9, 3:10, 1:13 Daniel 11:18, 9:11 1 Chronicles 4:10 2 Chronicles 16:1