BDB2318
[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.