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Where does “אלא” come from?

אלא (Aramaic) comes from Aramaic לָא, from Proto-Semitic lā — not; no.

אלא (Aramaic): but

Definitions

  1. but

Ancestry of “אלא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicלָאnot
2Proto-Semiticlānot; no
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