English: “From the flock” — excluding an aged animal; “from the sheep” — excluding a sick animal; “from the goats” — excluding a foul-smelling animal.
In the sugya: Three successive species phrases are three miyutim. Age, disease, and foul odor each disqualify an otherwise eligible flock animal from being selected as olah.
Type of Learning
Series of miyutim from the successive species phrases.
What Is Learned
An olah of the flock must be a choice specimen: not aged, not diseased, and not foul-smelling. The honor of Heaven requires a selected animal; the triple phrasing is the source of those exclusions.