zula · except, besides

What it means

zula (זוּלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “except, besides”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Sets everything else aside and points only to what is named.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• besides you ×5
• except ×5
• besides me ×3
• only ×2
• besides it ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×2
• Joshua×1
• Ruth×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×4
• Hosea×1

• Deuteronomy 1:36

  except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and to him I will give the land on which he has walked, and to his sons, because he has followed YHWH fully.”

• Deuteronomy 4:12

  YHWH spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You were hearing the sound of words, but you saw no form; only a voice.

• Joshua 11:13

  Only, all the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel did not burn them, except Hazor alone; that Joshua burned.

• Ruth 4:4

  And I said to myself: I will let you know, saying, ‘Acquire it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem, redeem; but if one does not redeem, tell me, so that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem, and I am after you.’” And he said, “I will redeem.”

• 1 Samuel 21:9

  The priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck in the Valley of Elah, look, it is wrapped in a cloak behind the ephod. If you will take it for yourself, take it, for there is no other besides it here.” David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

• 2 Samuel 7:22

  Therefore you are great, Adonai YHWH; for there is none like you, and there is no Elohim besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

• 1 Kings 3:18

  And it happened, on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

• 1 Kings 12:20

  And it happened when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the community and made him king over all Israel. There was no one following the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.

• 2 Kings 24:14

  He carried into exile all Jerusalem, and all the officials, and all the mighty men of the force, ten thousand exiles, and every craftsman and smith; none remained except the poorest of the people of the land.

• 1 Chronicles 17:20

  YHWH, there is none like you, and there is no Elohim besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

• Psalms 18:31

  For who is Eloah besides YHWH? And who is a Rock except our Elohim?

• Isaiah 26:13

  YHWH our Elohim, lords besides you have ruled over us; only through you do we make mention of your name.

• Isaiah 45:5

  I am YHWH, and there is no other; besides me there is no Elohim; I will gird you, though you have not known me,

• Isaiah 45:21

  Declare, and bring it forward; indeed, let them take counsel together. Who has made this heard from of old, who declared it long ago? Was it not I, YHWH? And there is no other Elohim besides me, a righteous El and Savior; there is none besides me.

• Isaiah 64:4

  And from of old they have not heard, they have not listened; no eye has seen an Elohim besides you who acts for the one who awaits him.

• Hosea 13:4

  But I am YHWH your Elohim from the land of Egypt; and a god besides me you do not know, and there is no savior except me.