bil.ti marks a clause of prevention, non-occurrence, or stated exception in biblical Hebrew.

As a grammatical connector, bil.ti introduces an avoided or excluded outcome, whether a purpose clause seeks to prevent something, a question frames an exception, or a statement denies an alternative.

1. Connector marking prevention or exception · dominant

   The supplied forms are chiefly tagged Conjunction and link a preceding action or condition to what is to be avoided or excluded: in Deuteronomy 8:11 the APB renders the warning, "Take care for yourself lest you forget the LORD your God," while in Ezekiel 20:9 it renders the purpose, "so that it would not be profaned." In Amos 3:3 the clause is framed as an exception in the question, "Do two walk together unless they have agreed?"; 1 Samuel 2:2 presents exclusion with "there is none besides you."

   Deuteronomy 8:11Ezekiel 20:9Amos 3:31 Samuel 2:2Genesis 38:92 Kings 23:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: It presents this connector through the clauses it introduces rather than through one fixed English equivalent, including "lest," "so that... not," "unless," and "besides."