| 20. Linguistic Exegesis The verse lists a series of disjunctive clauses introduced by the conjunction o {אוֹ | ō} ‘or’, establishing an additive parallelism of physical defects. The construct phrase be’eino {בְּעֵינֹו | bĕʿêynō} ‘in his eye’ governs tebăllūl {תְּבַלֻּ֣ל | tebăllūl} ‘blemish’ in a genitive relation. The noun yallep̄et {יַלֶּפֶת | yallep̄et} denotes an itching disease rather than a mere discharge. The participle merōaḥ {מְרוֹחַ | merōaḥ} ‘crushed’ precedes the noun ’āšeḵ {אָשֶׁךְ | ’āšeḵ} ‘testicle’, forming a resultative description of injury. The repetition of the conjunction underscores that any single condition suffices for disqualification. |