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Lexicon :: Strong's H853 - 'ēṯ

Strong's

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אֵת

Transliteration

'ēṯ

Pronunciation

ayth

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Part of Speech

particle

Root Word (Etymology)

Apparently contracted from אוֹת (H226) in the demonstrative sense of entity

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TWOT Reference: 186

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Strong’s Definitions

אֵת ʼêth, ayth; apparent contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):—[as such unrepresented in English].

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H853 in the following manner: not translated.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H853 in the following manner: not translated.

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

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STRONGS H853: Abbreviations

I. אֵת, with makk. אֶתֿ, with suffix אֹתִי; ֽֽֽאֹתְךָ, ֽֽֽאֹתְכָה † Numbers 22:33, אֹתָ֑ךְ, אֹתָ֑כָה † Exodus 29:35, feminine אֹתָךְ; אֹתוֺ etc.; 2nd person plural אֶתְכֶם, once ֽֽֽאוֺתְכֶם Joshua 23:15; 3rd person masculine plural regularly אֹתָם, rarely אֶתְהֶם † Genesis 32:1 [Genesis 31:55; Exodus 18:20; Numbers 21:3; Ezekiel 34:12; 1 Chronicles 6:50, once ֽֽֽאוֺתְהֶם Ezekiel 23:45; 3rd person feminine plural, on the contrary, regularly אֶתְהֶן (13 times), once אֹתָן Ezekiel 16:54 (also ֽֽֽאוֺתְהֶן Ezekiel 23:47, אֹתָ֖נָה Exodus 35:26, אוֺתָ֖נָה Ezekiel 34:21); forms with cholem also often written plene: — the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite (Moabite id., Phoenician אית i.e. אִיַּת (Schröd^{p. 213 f.}); Aramaic יָת frequently in Targum

; Syriac txy very rare as mark of accusative (for which L is preferred), but used often in the sense of substance οὐσία, also in that of self, e.g. ܟܝܳܬܷܗ per se, reapse, ܠܝܳܬܷܗ sibi ipsi, PS^1640f., Samaritan VJ; Arabic إِيَّا, only used with suffix, when it is desired to emphasize the pronoun, e.g. Qor 1:4 W^{AG i. § 189.} [Ethiopic uses ኪያ፡ kīyā similarly, Di^{§ 150 a}; but it is dubious if this is etymologically akin.] The primitive form will have been 'iwyath, originally a substantive with following genitive, Ol^{p. 432}; whether ultimately a parallel development with אוֺת sign from √ אוה is uncertain: Ol W^{AG i. § 188} Lag^{M i. 226 affirm}, Nö^{ZMG 1886, 738 doubts. In Hebrew the ground-form is} אוֺת; the forms with ¢, e being abbreviated. In post Biblical Hebrew, used in combination with another preposition: thus בְּאוֺתוֺ הַיּוֺם = Bibl. בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא, בְּאוֺתָהּ הַשָּׁעָה; or as a nomin., e.g. אוֺתוֺ הָאִישׁ = Bibl. הָאִישׁ הַהוּא).

† 1. As mark of the accusative prefixed to substantives defined either by the article (or כֹּל), or by a genitive or pronominal affix, or in virtue of being proper names:

† a. with transitive verbs, Genesis 1:1, 16, 29, 30; Genesis 2:11; Genesis 4:1, 2; Genesis 9:3 (אֶתֽֽֽֿכֹּל׃) etc. Similarly אֶתמִֿי whom (in particular), Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 28:11; Isaiah 6:8 and elsewhere (but never אֶתמָֿה); also with זֶה Genesis 29:33; Genesis 44:29; 1 Samuel 21:16; 1 Kings 22:27 +, זֹאת Genesis 29:27; 2 Samuel 13:27 +, אֵלֶּה Genesis 46:18; Leviticus 11:18; Isaiah 49:21 +. So pretty uniformly in prose; but in poetry את is commonly dispensed with. By the use of את with the pronominal affix, a pronoun can at once, if required, be placed in a position of emphasis; let the order of words from this point of view be carefully noticed in the following passages: Genesis 7:1; Genesis 24:14; Genesis 37:4; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 11:33; Numbers 22:32 thee I had slain, and her I had kept alive, Deuteronomy 4:14; Deuteronomy 6:13, 23; Deuteronomy 13:5; Judges 14:3 אוֺתָהּ קַח לִי take for me her, 1 Samuel 14:35; 1 Samuel 15:1; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 21:10 אִםאֹֿתָהּ תִּקַּחלְֿךָ קָ֔ח if thou wilt take that, take it, 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 14:9; Isaiah 43:22; Isaiah 57:11; Jeremiah 9:2. So הַאוֺתִי † Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 7:19. It also sometimes enables the reflexive sense to be expressed (elsewhere נַפְשָׁם) Jeremiah 7:19; Ezekiel 34:2. Rarely with a substantive which is undefined (Ew^{§ 277 d 2} Ges^{§ 117, 1, R. 2}), as Exodus 21:28; Numbers 21:9; Leviticus 20:14; 1 Samuel 24:6 (but see Dr) 2 Samuel 4:11; 2 Samuel 18:18; 2 Samuel 23:21; or which, though definite, is without the article, Genesis 21:30; 2 Samuel 15:16; Leviticus 26:5; 1 Samuel 9:3 (so Numbers 16:15) Isaiah 33:19; Isaiah 41:7; Ezekiel 43:10 (for further examples see Ew 1.c.)

† b. with a passive verb (Ges^{§ 121. 1} Ew^{§ 295 b}) conceived as expressing neutrally the action in question, and construed accordingly with an accusative of that which is its real object: examples occur with tolerable frequency from Genesis 4:18 (J) וַיִּוָּלֵד לַחֲנוֺךְ אֶתעֿירָד, Genesis 17:5 (P), לֹא יִקָּרֵא עוֺד אֶתשִֿׁמְךָ אַֽֽֽברָם there shall not be called (=one shall not call) thy name Abram, Genesis 21:5 (E), Genesis 27:42; 2 Samuel 21:11; 1 Kings 18:13; Hosea 10:6 etc., to Jeremiah 35:18; Jeremiah 38:4; Jeremiah 50:20; Ezekiel 16:4, 5; Esther 2:13 (compare Dr^{JPh xi. 227 f.}): also with passive verbs of filling (Ew^{§ 281 b}), as Exodus 1:7 +.

† c. with neuter verbs or expressions, especially such as involve the idea of regarding, or treating, appy. by a construction κατὰ σύνεσιν (rare), Joshua 22:17; 2 Samuel 11:25; Nehemiah 9:32 (compare 1 Samuel 20:13 Dr). Once after אֵין, Haggai 2:17; אֵין אֶתְכֶם אֵלַיָֽ.

† d. poet. (si vera lectio), after an abstract noun used with a verbal force, † Habakkuk 3:13 (Amos 4:11; Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 50:40 מַהְפֵּכָה exerts a verbal force, like the Arabic nom. verbi [see W^{AG i. § 196, 43}]; and Numbers 10:2; Ezekiel 17:9 לְמַסַּע, לְמַשְׂאוֺת are Aramaizing infinitives: compare Ew^{§ 239 a}).

† 2. את marks an accusative in other relations than that of direct object to a verb:

† a. with verbs of motion (very rare) Numbers 13:17; Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 2:7 (to 'walk the wilderness'); denoting the goal Judges 19:18; Ezekiel 21:25 (Ew^{§ 281 d, n., 282 a 1}).

† b. denoting time (duration), also very rare: Exodus 13:7; Leviticus 25:22; Deuteronomy 9:25.

† c. expressing the accusative of limitation (rare): Genesis 17:11, 14; 1 Kings 15:23.

† 3. Chiefly in an inferior or later style, אֵת (or וְאֵת) is used irregularly, partly

(α), as it would seem, to give greater definiteness (so especially וְאֵת) at the mention of a new subject (when it may sometimes be rendered as regards), or through the influence of a neighbouring verb (a construct κατὰ σύνεσιν), or by an anacoluthon, partly

(β) as resuming loosely some other preposition.

Thus

(α) Exodus 1:14; Numbers 3:26, 46; Numbers 5:10 (with הָיָה : so Ezekiel 35:10) Numbers 18:21b Deuteronomy 11:2 (anacoluthon), Deuteronomy 14:13; Joshua 17:11; Judges 20:44, 46 (contr. Judges 20:25; Judges 20:35) 1 Samuel 17:34 (see Dr) 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Samuel 21:22; 2 Kings 6:5; Isaiah 53:8 (probably), Isaiah 57:12; Jeremiah 23:33 (but read rather with Greek Version of the LXX

אַתֶּם הַמַּשָּׂא) Jeremiah 27:8; Jeremiah 36:22; Jeremiah 38:16 Kt, Jeremiah 45:4b Ezekiel 16:22; Ezekiel 17:21; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 29:4b; Ezekiel 43:7 ( Greek Version of the LXX

Co prefix הֲרָאִיתָ) Ezekiel 44:3; Zechariah 8:17; Ecclesiastes 4:3; Daniel 9:13; Nehemiah 9:19, 34; 1 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 31:17. In 1 Samuel 30:23; Haggai 2:5 probably some such word as remember is to be understood.

(β) Jeremiah 38:9; Ezekiel 14:22b; Ezekiel 37:19b Zechariah 12:10; סָבִיב אֵת 1 Kings 6:5; Ezekiel 43:17 strangely (in 1 Kings Greek Version of the LXX

omits the clause: so Sta^{ZAW 1883, 135}). — In 1 Kings 11:1 וְ is merely and also, and especially (see וְ); 1 Kings 11:25 is corrupt (read with Greek Version of the LXX

זֹאת הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲדָד); Ezekiel 47:17, 18, 19 read similarly for ואת, זֹאת : see Ezekiel 47:20. — For some particulars as to the use of את, see A. M. Wilson^{Hebraica. vi. 139 ff. 212 ff.} (who, however, confuses it sometimes with II. אֵת). For denoting the pronominal object of a verb, את with suffix preponderates relatively much above the verbal affix in P, as compared with J E Deuteronomy Judges Samuel Kings (see Gie^{ZAW 1881, 258 f.}), — partly, probably, on account of the greater distinctness and precision which P loves.

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Genesis

1:1; 1:16; 1:29; 1:30; 2:11; 4:1; 4:2; 4:18; 7:1; 9:3; 17:5; 17:11; 17:14; 21:5; 21:30; 24:14; 27:42; 29:27; 29:33; 31:55; 37:4; 44:29; 46:18

Exodus

1:7; 1:14; 13:7; 18:20; 21:28; 29:35; 35:26

Leviticus

10:17; 11:18; 11:33; 20:14; 25:22; 26:5

Numbers

3:26; 3:46; 5:10; 10:2; 13:17; 16:15; 18:21; 21:3; 21:9; 22:32; 22:33

Deuteronomy

1:19; 2:7; 4:14; 6:13; 6:23; 9:25; 11:2; 13:5; 14:13

Joshua

17:11; 22:17; 23:15; 24:15

Judges

14:3; 19:18; 20:25; 20:35; 20:44; 20:46

1 Samuel

9:3; 12:3; 14:35; 15:1; 17:34; 18:17; 20:13; 21:10; 24:6; 26:16; 28:11; 30:23

2 Samuel

4:11; 11:25; 13:27; 15:16; 18:18; 21:11; 21:22; 23:21

1 Kings

1:35; 6:5; 11:1; 11:25; 14:9; 15:23; 18:13; 22:27

2 Kings

6:5

1 Chronicles

2:9; 6:50

2 Chronicles

31:17

Nehemiah

9:19; 9:32; 9:34

Esther

2:13

Ecclesiastes

4:3

Isaiah

6:8; 13:19; 33:19; 41:7; 43:22; 49:21; 53:8; 57:11; 57:12

Jeremiah

5:22; 7:19; 7:19; 9:2; 23:33; 27:8; 35:18; 36:22; 38:4; 38:9; 38:16; 45:4; 50:20; 50:40

Ezekiel

14:22; 16:4; 16:5; 16:22; 16:54; 17:9; 17:21; 20:16; 21:25; 23:45; 23:47; 29:4; 34:2; 34:12; 34:21; 35:10; 37:19; 43:7; 43:10; 43:17; 44:3; 47:17; 47:18; 47:19; 47:20

Daniel

Hosea

Amos

Habakkuk

Haggai

2:5; 2:17

Zechariah

8:17; 12:10

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