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Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 50

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ואם יבוא שם המין בלא ה"א יורה על אישים רבים מן המין, לא על המין כולו. (ויקרא ס' יז. צו ס' יז, צו ס' יט, עיי"ש. בחוקותי ס' עג)

Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021

If the name of a species comes without a ה, it teaches about many members of the species, not about all of the members of the species.

For example, Genesis 32:6 says ויהי לי שור וחמור (And I have oxen, and asses) without the prefixהon שור and חמור, indicating that it is talking about many but not all of the members of the species.

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