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mn bly, mbly (men blay, mibbəlī) prep./conj without
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without, for want of
Qumran, JLAtg, Sam, Syr, Man
4QtgJob2.5↗ text not cited ; TgJ Jer4:7↗ קִרוַך יִצדְיָן מִבְלִי יָתִיב‏ : your cities shall be barren for want of inhabitant ; AGnEx 54.3↗ ܕܠܐ ܢܒܘܪ̈ܢ ܠܗܝܢ ܐܪ̈ܥܬܐ ܡ݂ܢ ܒ̈ܠܝ ܐܟܪ̈ܐ‏ : so that the fields would not go to waste for want of farmers ; JulSok 143(68):2↗ ܡܢ ܒܠܝ ܕܠܝܬ ܠܗܘܢ ܗܝ̈ܟܠܐ ܐܝܚ̈ܝܕܐ ܠܚܕ ܚܕ ܡܢܗܘ݁ܢ‏ : unless they do not have, each one of them, separate temples ; P Ez34:5↗ ܐܬܒܕܪ ܥܢܝ ܡܢ ܒܠܝ ܪܥܝ݁ܐ‏ : my sheep have been scattered for want of a shepherd
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conj: : with neg. : due to it not being the case
PTA, Syr
FTP Ex14:11↗ מן בל{ו}<י> דלא הוה לן קברין במצרים‏ : because we did not have graves in Egypt ; P 2K1:3↗ ܡܢ ܒܠܝ ܕܠܝܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܐܝܣܪܝܠ‏ : since there is no god in Israel ; P Job4:11↗ ܐܪܝܐ ܐܒܕ ܡܢ ܒܠܝ ܕܠܝܬ ܠܗ ܬܒܪܐ‏ : the lion disappears because it has no prey
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without a negative in the clause
Syr
PsS 17:13↗ ܐܚ݂ܪܒ ܥܘ݁ܠܐ ܐܪܥܢ ܡ݂ܢ ܒܠܝ ܕܝܬ݁ܒ ܥܠܝܗ݀‏ : the iniquitous one destroyed our land to the point that no one may live upon it
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JLAtg מִבְלִי
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 156[75]Drower/Macuch: 4b, 65bTal Sam: 99Qumran: 35

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