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
