beli · without; not

What it means

beli (בְּלִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “without; not”.

Nothing.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Shows that something is lacking or does not exist.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• without ×26
• no ×7
• lack ×6
• not ×4
• because ×3
• it because there is no ×3
• unknowingly ×3
• will not ×2
• What is not his ×1
• does not ×1
• others ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×4
• Joshua×2
• 2 Samuel×1
• 2 Kings×3
• Job×21
• Psalms×4
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Isaiah×6
• Jeremiah×4
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×2
• Hosea×3
• Zephaniah×2
• Malachi×1

• Genesis 31:20

  And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.

• Exodus 14:11

  They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us to die in the wilderness? What is this you have done to us, bringing us out of Egypt?

• Deuteronomy 4:42

  for the manslayer to flee there, who kills his neighbor unknowingly, and he did not hate him previously, so that by fleeing to one of these cities he may live:

• Deuteronomy 9:28

  lest the land from which you brought us say, ‘Because YHWH was not able to bring them into the land of which he had spoken to them, and because of his hatred for them, he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’

• Deuteronomy 19:4

  And this is the case of the manslayer who flees there and lives: whoever strikes his neighbor without knowing it, and he did not hate him previously,

• Deuteronomy 28:55

  so as not to give to any one of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing left, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in all your gates.

• Joshua 20:3

  so that the manslayer who mortally strikes a person inadvertently, unknowingly, may flee there; and they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

• Joshua 20:5

  And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not hand over the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him beforehand.

• 2 Samuel 1:21

  Mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew and no rain on you, nor fields of contributions; for there the shield of the mighty was abhorred, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

• 2 Kings 1:3

  But the angel of YHWH spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Israel that you are going to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

• 2 Kings 1:6

  They said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and speak to him, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Israel that you are sending to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore from the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’”’”

• 2 Kings 1:16

  He spoke to him, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no Elohim in Israel to consult his word? Therefore from the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’”

• Job 4:11

  The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

• Job 4:20

  From morning to evening they are shattered; without anyone noticing they perish forever.

• Job 6:6

  Can what is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there flavor in the slime of the purslane?

• Job 8:11

  Does papyrus rise up without marsh? Do reeds grow without water?

• Job 18:15

  What is not his dwells in his tent; sulfur is scattered over his abode.

• Job 24:7

  Naked they spend the night without clothing, and they have no covering in the cold.

• Job 24:8

  With the downpour of the mountains they are drenched, and for lack of refuge they hug the rock.

• Job 24:10

  Naked they go about without clothing, and hungry, they carry the sheaf.

• Job 30:8

  Sons of a fool, sons also without a name, they were beaten out of the land.

• Job 31:19

  if I saw anyone perishing for lack of clothing, and no covering for the needy,

• Job 31:39

  if its strength I have eaten without silver, and made the soul of its owners breathe its last,

• Job 33:9

  ‘Pure I am, without transgression; spotless I am, and there is no iniquity in me.

• Job 34:6

  Concerning my right, should I lie? Incurable is my arrow, without transgression.’

• Job 35:16

  So Job opens his mouth in vain; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

• Job 36:12

  But if they do not hear, by the dart they will pass, and they will expire without knowledge.

• Job 38:2

  “Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

• Job 38:41

  Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young cry for help to El and wander without food?

• Job 39:16

  She treats harshly her young as if they were not hers; in vain is her labor, without dread,

• Job 41:26

  The sword that reaches it does not hold, nor spear, missile or coat of mail.

• Job 41:33

  There is not on the dust its like, one made to be without fear.

• Job 42:3

  ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I declared what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

• Psalms 19:3

  There is no saying, and there are no words; their voice is not heard.

• Psalms 59:4

  Without iniquity of mine they run and make ready; awake to meet me, and see.

• Psalms 63:1

  A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Elohim, my El are you; I seek you earnestly; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you, in a land dry and weary, without water.

• Psalms 72:7

  May the righteous flourish in his days, and abundance of peace until there is no moon.

• Ecclesiastes 3:11

  Everything he has made beautiful in its time; also eternity he has put in their heart, without the human being finding out the work that Elohim has done from the beginning to the end.

• Isaiah 5:13

  Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; and its glory are men of hunger, and its multitude parched with thirst.

• Isaiah 5:14

  Therefore Sheol has widened its throat and opened its mouth without limit; and down go her majesty and her multitude and her uproar and whoever exults in her.

And 17 more times.