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# except

«except» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **not including; leaving out** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

preposition, conjunction (except); verb (except — rare, formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Except means not including; leaving out. «Everyone except Tom went» means Tom did not go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#m1)

2) Except that means but, apart from the fact that: «I'd come, except that I'm ill». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these old texts it often means "unless", as in "except your youngest brother come". In the primary lessons: takes one part out of a group: «all except 3» means the group minus 3; in everyday life: «open every day except Sunday», «all except one»; in grammar: «except» leaves out, «accept» means to take what is offered; phrases: «except for», «except that», «everyone except»

### examples

- For except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.' (Torah GEN.43.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x1)
- Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. (Torah GEN.42.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x2)
- And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, except by a mighty hand. (Torah EXO.3.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x3)
- And who is a Rock, except our God? (Writings PSA.18.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x4)
- Will two walk together, except they have agreed? (Prophets AMO.3.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x5)
- They can do nought except crouch under the captives, and fall under the slain. (Prophets ISA.10.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x6)
- All except 4 of the 30 children went on the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x7)
- She ate all the sweets except 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x8)
- Every day except Sunday he runs 3 km. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x9)
- All the boxes except one are full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x10)
- The shop is open every day except Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x11)
- Everyone came to the party except Ali, who was ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x12)
- I like all fruits except bananas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x13)
- The room was silent except for the ticking clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x14)
- All children, except one, grow up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/#x15)

### note

Points to taking away: «all except n» = total − n. Trap: «all except 5 left» means 5 stayed, so the answer may be 5, not total − 5; read what is asked. Trap: «every day except Sunday» is 6 days a week. Do not confuse «except» (leave out) with «accept» (take, agree).

### In the corpora

- [Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1376/)
- [For except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1409/)
- [And thou saidst unto thy servants: Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1462/)
- [And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, except by a mighty hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.73/)
- [They can do nought except crouch under the captives, and fall under the slain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.216/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «except» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/except/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.