| 19. Linguistic Exegesis The disjunctive o ish {אוֹ אִישׁ | ʾô ʾîš} ‘or man’ introduces an alternative disqualification. The relative clause with asher-yihyeh {אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֥ה | ə-šer-yih-yeh} ‘who shall be’ frames the conditional status. The prepositional phrase bo {בּוֹ | bō} ‘in him’ indicates possession of a condition. The parallel expression shever regel {שֶׁבֶר רָגֶל | še-ver rā-gel} and shever yad {שֶׁבֶר יָד | še-ver yād}, joined by o {אוֹ | ʾô} ‘or’, establishes mutual exclusivity. The English ‘has a broken foot or hand’ conveys the Hebrew idiom while preserving natural syntax. |