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ˀylˀ (ˀellā) conj. if not
√ ˀn, hn conj.   √ lˀ adv.
1
if not, unless
JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgJ Jer15:11↗ אִילָא"אם לא" יֵיתוֹן‏ ; PTMQ 81.b:19[2]↗ ואילא לא תזבין‏ ; Lag(291) Matt11:27↗ ܘܐܢܫ ܠܐ ܡܟܪ ܠܒܪܐ ܐܠܐ ܐܢ ܐܒܐ‏ : no one knows the Son unless it be the Father ; Marqe 1.648↗ שלח ישראל ואלא מצרים מחבלה‏ : release Israel, otherwise Egypt will be destroyed ; OS MtCur11:8↗ ܘܐܠܐ ܡܢܐ ܢܦܩܬܘܢ ܠܡܚܙܐ‏ : if not, what did you go out to see? ; EphPar 5:12.5↗ ܐܠܐ ܒܟܐܢܘܬܐ ܘܐܦܢ ܒܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܘܐܠܐ ܒܝܕ ܥܡ̈ܠܐ ܐܦܢ ܒܝܕ ܪ̈ܚܡܐ‏ : if not by righteousness then even by grace, and if not through works, then even through mercy ; JBABowl 30.1:2↗ text not cited ; BT Pes 112a(25)↗ או איכא איניש גביה נימא ליה ואילא נימא איהו לנפשיה‏ : if there is someone with him let him recite (it) to him. And if not, let him recite (it) to himself ; TgLamYem 2:17↗ text not cited
2
but rather : see s.vv. )lhn, ˀlˀ conj.
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Mand. hinla but also hin ˁla
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In the Syriac lexical tradition this word is always presumed to be the same word as ˀlˀ conj. #1, "but rather." Admittedly, it is not always easy to disambiguate them in any dialect.
See also s.v. ˀnlˀ conj., the underlying form.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 49aDJBA: 115Jastrow: 66Drower/Macuch: 350bTal Sam: 30DCPA[Schulthess]: [8]DJA: 30b
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