אלא) אלא

(אִלָּא) אֶלָּא (contr. of אִן לָא = אִם לֹא) 1) if not, except, but, only. Targ. O. Ex. 15:11 לית אִ׳ את none but thou, none besides thee; a. e.Ber.V, 1 אין עומדין … א׳וכ׳ one must stand up for prayer in no other disposition but that of humility.Snh.4a לא נתן א׳ שלשה he did only three times. Ber.I, 1 ולא זו בלבד (אמרו) א׳וכ׳ and not only in this case they said so, but wherever Ib. 5a אל תקרי תְלַמְּדֶנּוּ א׳ תְלַמְּדֵנוּ read not thlammdennu (thou instructest him) but thlammdēnu (thou teachest us); a. v. fr. 2) (ellipt.) (you cannot say anything except …) but, a logical inference excluding all other explanations Ib. 30b א׳ לא שנא but (the conclusion is proven) there is no difference. Ib. א׳ אמרר׳ but, said R. … we may derive it ; a. fr.