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Genesis 3:11

וַ יֹּאמֶר מִי הִגִּיד לְךָ כִּי עֵירֹם אָתָּה הֲ מִן הָ עֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְ בִלְתִּי אֲכָל מִמֶּנּוּ אָכָלְתָּ
And he is saying, `Who has manifested124 to-yourself that naked is אֶת-yourself?125 From the Tree which I have laid-charge-upon you to-except126 eating from ourselves, have you eaten?`
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Hebrew לְבִלְתִּ֥י. Strong’s #1115, le-bilti. Beside, except, lest, unless. This construct is usually followed by an infinitive verb, hence we read here “unless he ate”. Compare Gen. 19:21 where God is excluding the Little City from destruction. These parts of the writing (substantive; particle of negation; adverbs; conjunction) are very context dependent words.

“…to except [le-bilti] overturning the City of which you have spoken.” (Genesis 19:21 RBT)