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 Gen. 45:6 אֵין חָרִישׁ וְקָצִיר    neither earing nor harvest. 1 K. 17:1 אִם יִֽהְיֶה טַל וּמָטָר    there shall not be dew or rain. Gen. 19:35, Nu. 23:19, Deu. 5:14, Jud. 6:4, Is. 10:14, 2 K. 5:25, Ps. 37:25; 129:7. Or more strongly וְגַם   , Jud. 2:10 לֹא יָֽדְעוּ את־י׳ וְגַם את־הַמַּֽעֲשֶׂה    nor yet the work, 1 S. 16:8, cf. 28:6. The conjunctive both … and becomes disjunctive neither … nor when preceded by neg., § 136.

The disjunctive or is expressed by אוֹ   , Gen. 24:49 עַל־יָמִין אוֹ עַל־שְׂמֹאל     to the right or to the left. 44:8 אֵיךְ נִגְנֹב כֶּסֶּף אוֹ זָהָב how should we steal silver or gold? Gen. 24:50; 44:19, Ex. 5:3; 21:18, 28, 32, 33, 37, Deu. 13:2 Jud. 21:22, 1 S. 2:14.

When repeated, אוֹ ··· אוֹ    is whether … or (sive … sive). Ex. 21:31 אוֹ־בֵן יִגַּח אוֹ־בַת יִגַּה    whether it gore a boy or a girl, Lev. 5:2. In the same sense אִם ··· אִם   , Ex. 19:13 אִם בְּהֵמָה אִם אִישׁ לֹא יִֽחְיֶה     whether beast or man, it shall not live. Deu. 18:3, 2 S. 15:21. So אִם ··· וְאִם   , Gen. 31:52, Jer. 42:6, Pr. 20:11. Less commonly וְ ··· וְ   , Ex. 21:16.

RESTRICTIVE, EXCEPTIVE, ADVERSATIVE SENTENCES

§ 153. Restrictive particles are אַךְ   , רַק     only, howbeit. Gen. 18:32 אַךְ הַפַּעַם    only this time. Ex. 10:17, Jud. 6:39; 16:28. Gen. 27:13 אַךְ שְׁמַע בְּקוֹלִי    only, however, listen to my voice. Gen. 20:12 only not. Ex. 12:16, Nu. 22:20, 1 S. 8:9 ( אַךְ כִּי    ); 12:20; 18:8; 20:39, 1 K. 17:13. The use of רַק    is similar. Gen. 6:5; 14:24; 24:8, Deu. 2:28, Jud. 14:16, 1 S. 1:13, 1 K. 14:8, Am. 3:2. Both combined, Nu. 12:2 הֲרַק אַךְ בְּמשֶׁה דִּבֶּר י׳. Similarly אֶפֶס   , Nu. 22:35, cf. v. 20; 23:13. On the affirmative force of אַךְ    &c., cf. § 118.

§ 154. Particles modifying in the way of exception something preceding are, אֶפֶס כִּי    saving that, בִּלְתִּי אִם     or בִּלְתִּי     alone, כִּי אִם     except. Am. 9:8 אֶפֶס כִּי לֹא אַשְׁמִיד    saving