And the opinion of the rabbis is that for this reason, sometimes the word או (or) comes to divide the subjects, even when the verb comes in singular, like ונפל שמה שור או חמור (and an ox or an ass fall therein)³⁸⁸ and כי יצוד ציד חיה או עוף ושפך את דמו (that takes in hunting any beast or fowl that may be eaten, he shall pour out the blood thereof)³⁸⁹: Even with the verb ונפל and the pronoun of דמו in singular, one could err and think that it refers to the two subjects together and that one needsשור וחמור as one (and יצוד ציד חיה ועוף), in which the singular verb refers to the plural.

footnotes: ³⁸⁸ Exodus 21:33. ³⁸⁹ Leviticus 17:13.

And Rabbi Yehuda disagrees with this and gives a logical argument that in these instances, the word או is not necessary to divide, since it is known to divide through the verb in singular voice, and the word או will come with a homiletical interpretation.