Lexical Definition

‎זוּלָה‎ zûwlâh (zoo-law') exception ^H:N-F
from ‎זוּל‎

beside, but, only, save.

• probably scattering, i.e. removal
• used adverbially, except

n f
1) a removal, a putting away
prep
2) except, besides, with the exception of, with removal of
conj
3) except that

See Greek: ἐκτός · πλήν

Extended Information

• prep
• conj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎זוּלָה‎] noun [feminine] properly removal, only found in the stative construct as preposition and conjunction except, only, save that — construct ‎זוּלַת‎ 2Kgs 24:14 and (with the obsolete case-ending ‎יִ֯‎) ‎זוּלָתִי‎ Deut 1:36; Deut 4:12; Josh 11:13; 1Kgs 3:18; 1Kgs 12:20; Ps 18:32* with suffix ‎זוּלָתִי‎ Hos 13:4; Isa 45:5; Isa 45:21, ‎זוּלָֽתְךָ‎, ‎זוּלָתֶ֑ךָ‎ 2Sam 7:22 = 1Chr 17:20; Isa 26:13; Isa 64:3*; Ruth 4:4, ‎זוּלָתָהּ‎ 1Sam 21:10* —

1. preposition except, besides, literally with removal of . . . (synonym ‎מִבַּלְעֲדֵי‎ Ps 18:32*; Isa 45:21 ‎בִּלְתִּי‎ Hos 13:4 and compare Deut 1:36 with Num 32:12), Deut 1:36 ‎זולתי כלב‎ with the exception of Caleb, 1Sam 21:10* ‎אֵין אַחֶרֶת זוּלָתָהּ‎ there is none other except it, 1Kgs 12:20; 2Kgs 24:14; Ruth 4:4: often in such phrases as, There is no God (or, Who is God?) except me (or thee), 2Sam 7:22; Ps 18:32*; Hos 13:4; Isa 45:5; Isa 45:21; Isa 64:3*. Always after a negative or question, except Isa 26:13 ‎אדנים זולתך‎ lords other than thou. Connected inexactly with what precedes, ‎׳‎‎ז‎ acquires the force of only, Deut 4:12 ye saw no form ‎זוּלָתִי קוֺל‎ save a voice = (there was) only a voice, 1Kgs 3:18.

2. conjunction Josh 11:13 except that he burnt Hazor alone.

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