εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον → if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin
a primitive root; properly, to twist as a rope; only (as a denominative from גְּבוּל) to bound (as by a line): be border, set (bounds about).
