preposition and

conjunction except, only, save that — construct זוּלַת 2 Kings 24:14 and (with the obsolete case-ending יִ֯) זוּלָתִי Deuteronomy 1:36; Deuteronomy 4:12; Joshua 11:13; 1 Kings 3:18; 1 Kings 12:20; Psalm 18:32; with suffix זוּלָתִי Hosea 13:4; Isaiah 45:5,21, זוּלָֽתְךָ, זוּלָתֶ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 7:22 = 1 Chronicles 17:20; Isaiah 26:13; Isaiah 64:3; Ruth 4:4, זוּלָתָהּ 1 Samuel 21:10; —

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

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