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blˀ (blā) prep. without
1
without
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, JBAg, Man, LJLA
TgO Num35:22↗ וְאִם בִתכֵיף בְלָא דְבָבוּ דְחָהִי‏ : if he shoved him suddenly without enmity ; VR 123:2(1)↗ אית בצל בלא פיתא‏ : is there onion without bread? ; TN Deut19:4↗ בלא ידע‏ : without knowing ; MarqePoem14:101↗ ותסבע נפשה בלא מזון‏ : the soul will be satisfied without food ; BT Ket 87a(21)↗ לכרגא ולמזוני ולקבורה מזבנינן בלא אכרזתא‏ : we may sell (property) without a proclamation for the poll tax, alimony, and "burial" ; TgEsth2sup07.5-05:1↗ בלא אבא ובלא אמא ולחוד כיתמא‏ : without father and without mother and alone like an orphan
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as conj. before a raw verb or infinitive : without there being
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Num35:22↗ בְלָא כְמַן לֵיה‏ : without having lain in wait for him ; TgO Num35:23↗ אוֹ בְכֹל אַבנָא דְהִיא כְמִיסַת דִימוּת בַה בְלָא חָזֵי‏ : any rock that is substantial enough that he would die from it without having seen it (first) ; PJ Num35:22↗ ואין בשלו בלא נטר ליה בבו הדפיה‏ : if he shoved him in error, without having had a grudge against him
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before a noun: in the absence of (i.e., as if lˀ b_)
Syr
TB 2:42.26↗ ܒܠܐ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܒܣܓܝ ܟܪ̈ܝܗܝܢ ܒ̈ܢܝ ܐܢܫܐ‏ : in the absence of fear human beings are usually ill
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not being in
JBA
BT Er 61a(34)↗ כלבא בלא מתיה שית שנין לא נבח‏ : a dog outside of its territory does not bark for six years
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Since "without" is usually ܕܠܐ in Syriac, the Syriac usage here must be assumed to be something like b_ + "non X", as often in JLAtg. In the latter mostly as a variant of דלא.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 103bDJBA: 614Drower/Macuch: 4b, 65b

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