Disjunctive Sentence

Disjunctive Sentence
§ 152. The conj. and often expresses our or, nor, e.g. after a neg., the neg. denying the whole combination of words. Genesis 45:6 ‏אֵין חָרִישׁ וְקָצִיר‎ neither earing nor harvest. 1 Kings 17:1 ‏אִם יִֽהְיֶה טַל וּמָטָר‎ there shall not be dew or rain. Genesis 19:35, Numbers 23:19, Deuteronomy 5:14, Judges 6:4, Isaiah 10:14, 2 Kings 5:25, Psalms 37:25; Psalms 129:7. Or more strongly ‏וְגַם‎, Judges 2:10 ‏לֹא יָֽדְעוּ את־י׳ וְגַם את־הַמַּֽעְַשֶׂה‎ nor the work, 1 Samuel 16:8, cf. 1 Samuel 28:6. The conjunctive both... and becomes disjunctive neither... nor when preceded by neg., § 136.
The disjunctive or is expressed by ‏אוֹ‎, Genesis 24:49 ‏עַל־יָמִין אוֹ עַל־שְׂמֹאל‎ to the right or to the left. Genesis 44:8 ‏אֵיךְ נִגְנֹב כֶּסֶף אוֹ זָהָב‎ how should we steal silver or gold? Genesis 24:50; Genesis 44:19, Exodus 5:3; Exodus 21:18; Exodus 21:28; Exodus 21:32-33, Deuteronomy 13:2, Judges 21:22, 1 Samuel 2:14.
When repeated, ‏אוֹ‎... ‏אוֹ‎ is whether... or (sive... sive). Exodus 21:31 ‏אוֹ־בֵן יִגַּח אוֹ־בַת יִגַּח‎ whether it gore a boy or a girl, Leviticus 5:2. In the same sense ‏אִם‎... ‏אִם‎, Exodus 19:13 ‏אִם בְּהֵמָה אִם אִישׁ לֹא יִֽחְיֶה‎ whether beast or man, it shall not live. Deuteronomy 18:3, 2 Samuel 15:21. So ‏וְאִם‎... ‏אִם‎, Genesis 31:52, Jeremiah 42:6, Proverbs 20:11. Less commonly ‏וְ‎... ‏וְ‎, Exodus 21:16.