§ 162. Disjunctive Sentences.
The introduction of another possible case, excluding that which preceded, is effected by Aa or, e. g. Ex 21:36, equivalent to the Latin vel; but also equivalent to autwith an exclusive antithesis, 2 K 2:16; so Is 27:5 Aa=it would then happen that, for which elsewhere yki Aa.
In the sense of sive—sivewe find Aa—Aa, or ~ai~ai, or ~aiw>—~ai (see the examples in the Lexicon), also w>—w> Lv 5:3, Nu 9:14, Dt 24:7, Is 2:13 ff., Jer 32:20, y Ps 76:7; , Jb 34:29, perhaps also Ex 21:16 (but not Pr 29:9; cf. Delitzsch on the passage), and l.—l. (see § 143 e); cf. also ~G:—~G: (in Gn 24:44 ~g:w>—~G:) both—and; but aol ~G:—aol ~G: (in Gn 21:26 aol ~g:w>—aol ~g:w>; Zp 1:18 aol … ~G:,‘Η~G:) neither — nor. On disjunctive questions, see § 150 g.