מִבְּלִ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִבְּלִ֣י

   mi-be-LI

   without
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִבְּלִ֣י עוֹבֵ֔ר

   mi-be-LI o-VER

   without one passing through
3. clause🔊 וְהָיְתָ֤ה שְׁמָמָה֙ מִבְּלִ֣י עוֹבֵ֔ר מִפְּנֵ֖י הַחַיָּֽה׃

   ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA mi-be-LI o-VER mi-pe-NE ha-kha-YA

   and it becomes a desolation without one passing through from before or because of the wild animal
4. sentence🔊 לֽוּ־חַיָּ֥ה רָעָ֛ה אַעֲבִ֥יר בָּאָ֖רֶץ וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה וְהָיְתָ֤ה שְׁמָמָה֙ מִבְּלִ֣י עוֹבֵ֔ר מִפְּנֵ֖י הַחַיָּֽה׃

   lu-kha-YA ra-A a-a-VEER ba-A-rets ve-shi-ke-LA-ta ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA mi-be-LI o-VER mi-pe-NE ha-kha-YA

   if a wild animal harmful or evil I cause to pass through in the land and it bereaves it or makes it childless and it becomes a desolation without one passing through from before or because of the wild animal

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase miblī ʿōbēr mip-pə-nê ha-ḥay-yāh {מִבְּלִ֣י עוֹבֵ֔ר מִפְּנֵ֖י הַחַיָּֽה | mib-lî ʿō-ḇēr mip-pə-nê ha-ḥay-yāh} ‘without passage because of the beast’ emphasizes the utter exclusion of travelers. English word order is adjusted for natural flow while preserving the Hebrew conditional-causal sequence.