"אלא" meaning in Yiddish

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      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew אלא (elá)",
      "name": "bor+"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew אלא (elá).",
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      "form": "ele",
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      "form": "אלאָ",
      "roman": "elo",
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      "parts": [
        "אלא"
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  "lang_code": "yi",
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          "english": "but what then?",
          "roman": "ele vos den?",
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          "text": "אלא וואָס דען?",
          "translation": "but what then?",
          "type": "example"
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          "word": "סײַדן"
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          "word": "כיבע"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛɫə/"
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  ],
  "word": "אלא"
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew אלא (elá)",
      "name": "bor+"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew אלא (elá).",
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      "form": "ele",
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        "אלא"
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          "english": "but what then?",
          "roman": "ele vos den?",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "אלא וואָס דען?",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛɫə/"
    }
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  "word": "אלא"
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