Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 101
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ולא יבוא מלת "אם…אם" כטעם "בין…בין". ומה שכתוב "אם זכר אם נקבה" יש בו דרוש (ויקרא ס' קט)
The wordsאם...אם do not mean the same thing as בין...בין. And when it is writtenאם זכר אם נקבה (whether male or female)²⁰⁶, there is a homiletical interpretation.
Leviticus 3:1 says,ואם זבח שלמים קרבנו אם מן הבקר הוא מקריב אם זכר אם נקבה תמים יקריבנו לפני יהוה(And if his offering be a sacrifice of peace-offerings: if he offer of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD), using the words אם זכר אם נקבה with the meaning of בין זכר בין נקבה (whether male or female). The homiletical interpretation is thatאם זכרmeans any male, including the offspring, whileאם נקבהmeans any female, including a substitute²⁰⁷.
footnotes: ²⁰⁶ Leviticus 3:1. ²⁰⁷ Malbim, HaTorah ‘HaMitzvah Vayikra 159.