א֣וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 א֣וֹ

   OH

   or
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 א֣וֹ בְמֵ֔ת

   OH be-MET

   or by a dead body
3. clause🔊 וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר־ יִגַּ֜ע עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה בּֽ͏ַחֲלַל־חֶ֙רֶב֙ א֣וֹ בְמֵ֔ת אֽוֹ־בְעֶ֥צֶם אָדָ֖ם א֣וֹ בְקָ֑בֶר

   ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver

   and anyone who touches upon the open field who was slain by sword or by a dead body or with a bone of a person or in a grave
4. sentence🔊 וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר־ יִגַּ֜ע עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה בּֽ͏ַחֲלַל־חֶ֙רֶב֙ א֣וֹ בְמֵ֔ת אֽוֹ־בְעֶ֥צֶם אָדָ֖ם א֣וֹ בְקָ֑בֶר יִטְמָ֖א שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

   ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM

   and anyone who touches upon the open field who was slain by sword or by a dead body or with a bone of a person or in a grave will be unclean seven days

Exegesis

A series of disjunctive clauses introduced by o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’ presents alternatives: contact with met {מֵת | mēt} ‘dead body’, etsem {עֶצֶם | ʿe-ṣem} ‘bone’, adam {אָדָם | ʾā-dām} ‘person’, or kaver {קָבֶר | qā-ḇer} ‘grave’.