אלא

Aramaic

Etymology

אִן‎ (ʾin, “if”) +‎ לָא‎ (lā, “not”)

Conjunction

אֶלָּא • (ʾellā)

  1. but

Hebrew

Etymology

Related to Arabic إِلَّا‎ (ʔillā), Ge'ez አላ (ʾälla).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

אֶלָּא • (elá)

  1. but, except
    ‏אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ אֵין לָנוּ מֶלֶךְ אֶלָּא אַתָּה.‎‎ ― Avínu malkéinu éin lánu mélekh elá atá. ― Our Father, our King, we have no king but You.
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