Words

בִּלְתִּי H1115

Home gloss

so as not to (לְבִלְתִּי)

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

that thou shouldest not / not to

Note

Wave lexicon. A negation, carried as one: with an infinitive, the purpose not to (3:11; 4:15)

Rulings

2

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 3

• 3:11 And he said, "Who told you that you are naked? From the tree that I commanded you so as not to eat from it—have you eaten?"

Genesis 4

• 4:15 And said to him, "Thus: every killer of Cain, sevenfold shall it be avenged." And put for Cain a sign, so as not—anyone finding him—to strike him.