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אֹוI (b. h.; אוה, v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.) or; או … או either … or. Shebu.27a לחלק … או the word אֹו in the Bible text is necessary as a disjunctif, (one or the other), contrad. from ו־ which is conjunctive (one and the other). Men.91a; או לדרשא the word אֹו intimates something not explicitly stated in the text; a. fr.Pl. אֹואִין Shebu.33b.אוֹיִין, אֹויִים const. אֹויֵי the word אֹו in the biblical passages. Y. ibid. IV, 35cd.