English: “Olah” — to tell you: a bird may be an olah, and a bird is not shelamim.
In Sifra: The word “olah” is not merely descriptive. It limits the bird category introduced here: birds are brought as olah; the category of shelamim is not opened for birds by this verse.
Type of Learning
Miyut of bird shelamim from the word “olah.”
What Is Learned
Bird offerings in this section are olah only. There is no bird shelamim derived from the verse. The explicit designation “olah” both permits the bird as a burnt-offering and excludes it from the shelamim category.