אלא

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Arabic

Conjunction

אלא (ʔillā)

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of إِلَّا (ʔillā)‎‎

Aramaic

Etymology

אִן (ʾin, if) +‎ לָא (, 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.