אֵת
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H853
Strong's Hebrew
ʼêth
Transliteration
/ayth/
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sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative
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Numbers
- Numbers 1:2 אֶת ptcl do "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one;
- Numbers 1:3 אֹתָ֛/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.
- Numbers 1:17 אֵ֚ת ptcl do Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.
- Numbers 1:18 וְ/אֵ֨ת conj + ptcl do They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
- Numbers 1:19 אֶת ptcl do As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
- Numbers 1:49 אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do conj + ptcl do "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;
- Numbers 1:50 אֶת אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do ptcl do conj + ptcl do but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
- Numbers 1:51 אֹת/וֹ֙ אֹת֖/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
- Numbers 1:53 אֶת ptcl do But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony."
- Numbers 1:54 אֶת ptcl do Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.
- Numbers 2:33 אֶת ptcl do But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Numbers 2:34 אֶת ptcl do Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.
- Numbers 3:6 אֶת אֹת֔/וֹ אֹתֽ/וֹ ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
- Numbers 3:7 אֶת וְ/אֶת אֶת ptcl do conj + ptcl do ptcl do They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:8 אֶֽת וְ/אֶת אֶת ptcl do conj + ptcl do ptcl do They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:9 אֶת ptcl do You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 3:10 וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶת אֶת conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do ptcl do You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
- Numbers 3:12 אֶת ptcl do "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
- Numbers 3:15 אֶת ptcl do "Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shall you number."
- Numbers 3:16 אֹתָ֛/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh, as he was commanded.
- Numbers 3:26 וְ/אֶת וְ/אֵת֙ conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
- Numbers 3:40 אֵ֖ת ptcl do Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
- Numbers 3:41 אֶת וְ/אֵת֙ ptcl do conj + ptcl do You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel."
- Numbers 3:42 אֹת֑/וֹ אֶֽת ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 3:45 אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do conj + ptcl do "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.
- Numbers 3:46 וְ/אֵת֙ conj + ptcl do For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the Levites,
- Numbers 3:49 אֵ֖ת ptcl do Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
- Numbers 3:50 אֶת ptcl do from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
- Numbers 3:51 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Numbers 4:2 אֶת ptcl do "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
- Numbers 4:5 אֵ֖ת אֵ֖ת ptcl do ptcl do When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,
- Numbers 4:7 אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֵ֖ת ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.
- Numbers 4:8 אֹת֔/וֹ אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
- Numbers 4:9 אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֵת֙ ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
- Numbers 4:10 אֹתָ/הּ֙ וְ/אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs conj + ptcl do They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.
- Numbers 4:11 אֹת֔/וֹ אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
- Numbers 4:12 אֶת אוֹתָ֔/ם ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
- Numbers 4:13 אֶת ptcl do They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.
- Numbers 4:14 אֶֽת אֶת אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do ptcl do ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
- Numbers 4:15 אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do conj + ptcl do "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:18 אֶת ptcl do "Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;
- Numbers 4:19 אֶת אוֹתָ֗/ם ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
- Numbers 4:20 אֶת ptcl do but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."
- Numbers 4:22 אֶת ptcl do "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
- Numbers 4:23 אוֹתָ֑/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall you number them; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:25 אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶ֨ת ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 4:26 וְ/אֵת֩ וְ/אֶת וְ/אֵת֙ וְ/אֶֽת וְ/אֵ֨ת conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.
- Numbers 4:27 אֵ֖ת ptcl do At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint to them in charge all their burden.
- Numbers 4:29 אֹתָֽ/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;
- Numbers 4:30 אֶת ptcl do from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shall you number them, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:32 אֶת ptcl do and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.
- Numbers 4:34 אֶת ptcl do Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
- Numbers 4:46 אֶת ptcl do All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
- Numbers 4:49 אוֹתָ/ם֙ אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp ptcl do According to the commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by Moses, everyone according to his service, and according to his burden. Thus were they numbered by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Numbers 5:2 אֶת ptcl do "Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead.
- Numbers 5:3 אֶת ptcl do Both male and female shall you put out, outside of the camp shall you put them; that they not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell."
- Numbers 5:4 אוֹתָ֔/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp The children of Israel did so, and put them out outside of the camp; as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
- Numbers 5:7 אֶֽת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do then he shall confess his sin which he has done, and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been guilty.
- Numbers 5:10 אֶת ptcl do Every man's holy things shall be his: whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his."
- Numbers 5:13 אֹתָ/הּ֮ ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;
- Numbers 5:14 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she isn't defiled:
- Numbers 5:15 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory.
- Numbers 5:16 אֹתָ֖/הּ ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh;
- Numbers 5:18 אֶֽת אֶת אֵ֚ת ptcl do ptcl do ptcl do The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.
- Numbers 5:19 אֹתָ֜/הּ אֹתָ֔/ךְ ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs ptcl do + sfx pers 2fs The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, 'If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
- Numbers 5:20 אֶת ptcl do But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:'
- Numbers 5:21 אֶֽת אוֹתָ֛/ךְ אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 2fs ptcl do conj + ptcl do then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, 'Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
- Numbers 5:23 אֶת ptcl do "The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
- Numbers 5:24 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.
- Numbers 5:25 אֵ֖ת אֶת אֹתָ֖/הּ ptcl do ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs The priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal offering before Yahweh, and bring it to the altar.
- Numbers 5:26 אֶת אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do ptcl do The priest shall take a handful of the meal offering, as the memorial of it, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
- Numbers 5:27 אֶת ptcl do When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.
- Numbers 5:30 אֶת אֶת אֵ֥ת ptcl do ptcl do ptcl do or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute on her all this law.
- Numbers 5:31 אֶת ptcl do The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity."
- Numbers 6:11 אֶת ptcl do The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.
- Numbers 6:12 אֶת ptcl do He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
- Numbers 6:13 אֹת֔/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms "This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 6:14 אֶת ptcl do and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
- Numbers 6:16 אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do conj + ptcl do The priest shall present them before Yahweh, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering.
- Numbers 6:17 וְ/אֶת אֶת וְ/אֶת conj + ptcl do ptcl do conj + ptcl do He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its meal offering, and its drink offering.
- Numbers 6:18 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
- Numbers 6:19 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the head of his separation;
- Numbers 6:20 אוֹתָ֨/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. This is holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.
- Numbers 6:23 אֶת ptcl do "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.' You shall tell them,
- Numbers 6:27 אֶת ptcl do "So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them."
- Numbers 7:1 אֶת אֹת֜/וֹ אֹת/וֹ֙ וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶת אֹתָֽ/ם ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp It happened on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them;
- Numbers 7:3 אֶת אוֹתָ֖/ם ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
- Numbers 7:5 אֶת אוֹתָ/ם֙ ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp "Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
- Numbers 7:6 אֶת וְ/אֶת אוֹתָ֖/ם ptcl do conj + ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
- Numbers 7:7 אֵ֣ת וְ/אֵת֙ ptcl do conj + ptcl do He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
- Numbers 7:8 וְ/אֵ֣ת וְ/אֵת֙ conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
- Numbers 7:10 אֵ֚ת אֹת֑/וֹ אֶת ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their offerings before the altar.
- Numbers 7:11 אֶת ptcl do Yahweh said to Moses, "They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar."
- Numbers 7:12 אֶת ptcl do He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah,
- Numbers 7:19 אֶת ptcl do He offered for his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:84 אֹת֔/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles;
- Numbers 7:88 אֹתֽ/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.
- Numbers 7:89 אֶת ptcl do When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.
- Numbers 8:2 אֶת ptcl do "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
- Numbers 8:3 אֶת ptcl do Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lampstand, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Numbers 8:4 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do This was the workmanship of the lampstand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work: according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
- Numbers 8:6 אֶת אֹתָֽ/ם ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
- Numbers 8:9 אֶת אֶֽת ptcl do ptcl do You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 8:10 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
- Numbers 8:11 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.
- Numbers 8:12 אֶת אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do ptcl do conj + ptcl do The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.
- Numbers 8:13 אֶת אֹתָ֛/ם ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.
- Numbers 8:14 אֶת ptcl do Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
- Numbers 8:15 אֶת אֹתָ֔/ם אֹתָ֖/ם ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp "After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.
- Numbers 8:16 אֹתָ֖/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.
- Numbers 8:17 אֹתָ֖/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.
- Numbers 8:18 אֶת ptcl do I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 8:19 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary."
- Numbers 8:20 אֶת ptcl do Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.
- Numbers 8:21 אֹתָ֛/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
- Numbers 8:22 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
- Numbers 8:26 אֶת ptcl do but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites concerning their duties."
- Numbers 9:2 אֶת ptcl do "Moreover let the children of Israel keep the Passover in its appointed season.
- Numbers 9:3 אֹת֖/וֹ אֹתֽ/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed season-- according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."
- Numbers 9:5 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do They kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.
- Numbers 9:7 אֶת ptcl do Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among the children of Israel?"
- Numbers 9:11 אֹת֑/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
- Numbers 9:12 אֹתֽ/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it. According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.
- Numbers 9:15 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
- Numbers 9:19 אֶת ptcl do When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't travel.
- Numbers 9:23 אֶת ptcl do At the commandment of Yahweh they encamped, and at the commandment of Yahweh they traveled. They kept the charge of Yahweh, at the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
- Numbers 10:2 אֹתָ֑/ם אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp ptcl do Make you two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shall you make them: and you shall use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.
- Numbers 10:7 אֶת ptcl do But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.
- Numbers 10:9 אֶתְ/כֶ֔ם ptcl do + sfx pers 2mp When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
- Numbers 10:21 אֶת ptcl do The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the others] did set up the tent against their coming.
- Numbers 10:29 אֹת֖/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said, I will give it you: come you with us, and we will do you good; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel.
- Numbers 10:31 אֹתָ֑/נוּ ptcl do + sfx pers 1cp He said, Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you shall be to us instead of eyes.
- Numbers 11:5 אֶת אֵ֣ת וְ/אֵת֙ וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:
- Numbers 11:8 אֹת֖/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
- Numbers 11:10 אֶת ptcl do Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
- Numbers 11:11 אֶת ptcl do Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your servant? and why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
- Numbers 11:12 אֵ֚ת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that you should tell me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing-father carries the sucking child, to the land which you swore to their fathers?
- Numbers 11:14 אֶת ptcl do I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
- Numbers 11:16 אֹתָ/ם֙ ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
- Numbers 11:20 אֶת ptcl do but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome to you; because that you have rejected Yahweh who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
- Numbers 11:22 אֶֽת ptcl do Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
- Numbers 11:24 אֵ֖ת אֹתָ֖/ם ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.
- Numbers 11:29 אֶת ptcl do Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? would that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!
- Numbers 11:32 אֶת ptcl do The people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he who gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
- Numbers 11:34 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do The name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
- Numbers 13:2 אֶת ptcl do Send you men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, everyone a prince among them.
- Numbers 13:3 אֹתָ֥/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 13:16 אֶת ptcl do These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
- Numbers 13:17 אֹתָ/ם֙ אֶת אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp ptcl do ptcl do Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
- Numbers 13:18 אֶת וְ/אֶת ptcl do conj + ptcl do and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
- Numbers 13:21 אֶת ptcl do So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
- Numbers 13:26 אוֹתָ֤/ם וְ/אֶת אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp conj + ptcl do ptcl do They went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and shown them the fruit of the land.
- Numbers 13:30 אֶת אֹתָ֔/הּ ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
- Numbers 13:32 אֹתָ֔/הּ אֹתָ֗/הּ ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up the inhabitants of it; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.
- Numbers 13:33 אֶת ptcl do There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
- Numbers 14:1 אֶת ptcl do All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- Numbers 14:3 אֹתָ֜/נוּ ptcl do + sfx pers 1cp Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn't it be better for us to return into Egypt?
- Numbers 14:6 אֶת ptcl do Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
- Numbers 14:7 אֹתָ֔/הּ ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.
- Numbers 14:8 אֹתָ֨/נוּ֙ ptcl do + sfx pers 1cp If Yahweh delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
- Numbers 14:9 אֶת ptcl do Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us: don't fear them.
- Numbers 14:10 אֹתָ֖/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of meeting to all the children of Israel.
- Numbers 14:12 אֹֽתְ/ךָ֔ ptcl do + sfx pers 2ms I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
- Numbers 14:13 אֶת ptcl do Moses said to Yahweh, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them;
- Numbers 14:15 אֶת אֶֽת ptcl do ptcl do Now if you shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
- Numbers 14:16 אֶת ptcl do Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.
- Numbers 14:21 אֶת ptcl do but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Yahweh;
- Numbers 14:22 אֶת וְ/אֶת אֹתִ֗/י ptcl do conj + ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 1cs because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
- Numbers 14:23 אֶת ptcl do surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it:
- Numbers 14:27 אֶת ptcl do How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
- Numbers 14:30 אֶת אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 2mp surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Numbers 14:31 אֹתָ֔/ם אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp ptcl do But your little ones, that you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.
- Numbers 14:33 אֶת ptcl do Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.
- Numbers 14:34 אֶת אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do ptcl do After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my alienation.
- Numbers 14:36 אֶת אֶת ptcl do ptcl do The men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,
- Numbers 14:38 אֶת ptcl do But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
- Numbers 14:39 אֶת ptcl do Moses told these words to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
- Numbers 14:41 אֶת ptcl do Moses said, Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, seeing it shall not prosper?
- Numbers 15:13 אֶת ptcl do All who are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
- Numbers 15:18 אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם ptcl do + sfx pers 2mp Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come into the land where I bring you,
- Numbers 15:20 אֹתָֽ/הּ ptcl do + sfx pers 3fs Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a heave-offering: as the heave-offering of the threshing floor, so shall you heave it.
- Numbers 15:22 אֵ֥ת ptcl do When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,
- Numbers 15:23 אֵת֩ ptcl do even all that Yahweh has commanded you by Moses, from the day that Yahweh gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;
- Numbers 15:25 אֶת ptcl do The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin-offering before Yahweh, for their error:
- Numbers 15:30 אֶת ptcl do But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is home-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
- Numbers 15:31 וְ/אֶת conj + ptcl do Because he has despised the word of Yahweh, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.
- Numbers 15:33 אֹת֔/וֹ אֹת֖/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
- Numbers 15:34 אֹת֖/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
- Numbers 15:35 אֹת֤/וֹ ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.
- Numbers 15:36 אֹת֜/וֹ אֹת֛/וֹ אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Numbers 15:39 אֹת֗/וֹ אֶת אֹתָ֑/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3ms ptcl do ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp and it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it, and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, and do them; and that you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute;
- Numbers 15:40 אֶת ptcl do that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
- Numbers 15:41 אֶתְ/כֶם֙ ptcl do + sfx pers 2mp I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Yahweh your God.
- Numbers 16:5 אֶת וְ/אֶת וְ/אֵ֛ת ptcl do conj + ptcl do conj + ptcl do and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near to him.
- Numbers 16:9 אֶתְ/כֶם֙ אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 2mp ptcl do + sfx pers 2mp ptcl do [seems it but] a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tent of Yahweh, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
- Numbers 16:10 אֹֽתְ/ךָ֔ וְ/אֶת ptcl do + sfx pers 2ms conj + ptcl do and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and seek you the priesthood also?
- Numbers 16:15 אֶת ptcl do Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, "Don't respect their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them."
- Numbers 16:19 אֶת ptcl do Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.
- Numbers 16:21 אֹתָ֖/ם ptcl do + sfx pers 3mp Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
- Numbers 16:28 אֵ֥ת ptcl do Moses said, Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of my own mind.
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The Hebrew word את centers on the idea of “-.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 1:1. It turns up in 6,781 verses across 39 books, one of the most common footprint. It shares a root with אות, את and אתמול. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
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Strong's H853 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
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- 6,781
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 6,781 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1
- by frequency
- Most frequent Hebrew word — of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence.
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- Prophets (Nevi'im) 3,224 verses · 48%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 2,492 verses · 37%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 1,065 verses · 16%
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BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: And 2×
- American Standard Version†: And 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: And 347×, Them 244×, You 213×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: And 1,771×, Them 422×, You 319×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H853 across 4† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 18 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H853 across 4† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H853 across 1,490† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 53 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 9,434 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H853 across 10,766† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 1,001 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
25 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
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BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 25 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
את I with makk. אֶת־, with suff. אֹתִי
- 1. As mark of the accus. prefixed to substs. defined either by the art. (or כֹּל), or by a genitive or pron. affix, or in virtue of being proper names:
- a. with transitive verbs, Gn 1:1, 16, 29, 30; 2:11; 4:1, 2; 9:3 (אֶת־כֹּֽל׃) etc. Similarly אֶת־מִי whom (in particular), Jos 24:15; 1 S 12:3; 28:11; Is 6:8 al. (but never אֶת־מָה); also with זֶה Gn 29:33; 44:29; 1 S 21:16; 1 K 22:27 +, זֹאת Gn 29:27; 2 S 13:17 +, אֵלֶּה Gn 46:18; Lv 11:22; Is 49:21 +. So pretty uniformly in prose; but in poetry את is commonly dispensed with. By the use of את with the pron. affix, a pron. 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 foll. passages: Gn 7:1; 24:14; 37:4; Lv 10:17; 11:33; Nu 22:23 thee I had slain, and her I had kept alive (cf. Gn 41:13), Dt 4:14; 6:13, 23; 13:5; Ju 14:3 אוֹתָהּ קַח לִי take for me her, 1 S 14:35; 15:1; 18:17; 21:10 אִם־אֹתָהּ תִּקַּח־לְךָ קָ֔ח if thou wilt take that, take it, 1 K 1:35; 14:19; Is 43:22; 57:11 Je 9:2. So הַאוֹתִי †Je 5:22; 7:19. It also sometimes enables the reflexive sense to be expressed (elsewhere נַפְשָׁם) Je 7:19 Ez 34:2. Rarely with a subst. which is undefined (Ew§ 277 d 2 Ges§ 117, 1 R. 2), as Ex 21:28; Nu 21:9; Lv 20:14; 1 S 24:6 (but v. Dr) 2 S 4:11; 18:18; 23:21; or which, though definite, is without the art., Gn 21:30; 2 S 15:16; Lv 26:5; 1 S 9:3 (so Nu 16:15) Is 33:19; 41:7; Ez 43:10 (for further exx. v. Ew l.c.) e.g. Genesis 1:1
- b. with a passive verb (Ges§ 121.1 Ew§ 295 b) conceived as expressing neutrally the action in question, and construed accordingly with an accus. of that which is its real object: exx. occur with tolerable frequency from Gn 4:18 (J) וַיִּקָּרֵא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ חֲנֹךְ, and there was called (= one called) his name Enoch,17:5 (P) there shall not be called (= one shall not call) thy name any more Abram, 21:5 (E), 27:42 2 S 21:11; 1 K 18:13; Ho 10:6 etc., to Je 35:14; 38:4; 50:20 Ez 16:4, 5 Est 2:13 (cf. DrJPhl. xi. 227 f.): also with pass. vbs. of filling (Ew§ 281 b), as Ex 1:7 +. e.g. Genesis 4:18
- c. with neuter verbs or expressions, especially such as involve the idea of regarding, or treating, appy. by a constr. κατὰ σύνεσιν (rare), Jos 22:17; 2 S 11:25; Ne 9:32 (cf. 1 S 20:13 Dr 1 K 8:31). Once after אֵין, Hg 2:17 אֵין אֶתְכֶם אֵלַי. e.g. Joshua 22:17
- d. poet. (si vera l.), after an abstr. noun used with a verbal force, †Hb 3:13 (Am 4:11; Is 13:19; Je 50:40 מַהְפֵּכָה exerts a verbal force, like the Arabic nom. verbi [v. WAG i. § 196, 43]; and Nu 10:2; Ez 17:9 לְמַסַּע, לְמַשְׂאוֹת are Aramaizing infinitives: cf. Ew§ 239 a). e.g. Habakkuk 3:13
- 2. את marks an accus. in other relations than that of direct obj. to a verb:
- a. with verbs of motion (very rare) Nu 13:17; Dt 1:19; 2:7 (to ‘walk the wilderness’); denoting the goal Ju 19:18; Ez 21:25 (Ew§ 281 d, n., 282 a 1). e.g. Numbers 13:17
- b. denoting time (duration), also very rare: Ex 13:7 Lv 25:22 Dt 9:25. e.g. Exodus 13:7
- c. expressing the accus. of limitation (rare): Gn 17:11, 14; 1 K 15:23. e.g. Genesis 17:11
- 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 renderes as regards), or through the influence of a neighbouring verb (a cstr. κατὰ σύνεσιν), or by an anacoluthon, partly (β) as resuming loosely some other prep. Thus (α) Ex 1:14; Nu 3:26, 46; 5:10 (with הָיָה: so Ez 35:10) Nu 18:21b Dt 11:2 (anacol.), 14:13 Jos 17:11; Ju 20:44, 46 (contr. v 25, 35) 1 S 17:34 (v. Dr) 26:16; 2 S 21:22; 2 K 6:5; Is 53:8 (prob.), 57:12; Je 23:33 (but read rather with 𝔊 𝔙 אַתֶּם הַמַּשָּׂא) 27:8; 36:22; 38:16 Kt, 45:4b Ez 16:22; 17:21; 20:16; 29:4b; 43:7 (𝔊 Co prefix הֲרָאִיתָ) 44:3; Zc 8:17; Ec 4:3; Dn 9:13; Ne 9:19, 34; 1 Ch 2:9; 2 Ch 31:17. In 1 S 30:23; Hg 2:5 prob. some such word as remember is to be understood. (β) Je 38:9; Ez 14:22b; 37:19b Zc 12:10; סָבִיב אֵת 1 K 6:5; Ez 43:17 strangely (in 1 K 𝔊 om. the clause: so StaZAW 1883, 135).—In 1 K 11:1 וְ is merely and also, and especially (v. וְ); v 25 is corrupt (read with 𝔊 זֹאת הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲדָד); Ez 47:17, 18, 19 read similarly for ואת, זֹאת: see v 20.—For some particulars as to the use of את, see A. M. WilsonHbr. vi. 139 ff. 212 ff. (who, however, confuses it sometimes with II. אֵת). For denoting the pron. obj. of a vb., את with suff. preponderates relatively much above the verbal affix in P, as compared with JE Dt Ju S K (v. GiesebrechtZAW 1881, 285 f.),—partly, probably, on account of the greater distinctness and precision which P loves. e.g. Exodus 1:14
את II with
- 1. Of companionship, together with: Gn 6:13 behold, I destroy them אֶת־הָאָרֶץ together with the earth, 11:31; 12:4 + often, especially with verbs of dwelling, abiding, going, etc., as Ju 1:3; 14:11; 19:4, & in the phrase הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ Ju 4:13; 7:1; 9:33, 48; 1 S 14:20; 30:4 etc.; thou, and thy sons אִתָּֽךְ ׃ … with thee Gn 6:18; similarly (3rd pers.) 7:7, 13; 8:18; 9:8 al. (charact. of P: DrIntr. 124); הִתְהַלֵּךְ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים to walk with God, i.e. to have him as a companion (sc. by adopting a course of life pleasing to him) Gn 5:22, 24; 6:9 (cf. הִתְהַלֵּךְ אֵת lit. 1 S 25:15);—by the side of, like Is 45:9, equally with Lv 26:39, in common with Je 23:28b (cf. עִם 1 e, f). Hence, in partic.— e.g. Genesis 6:13
- a. with for the purpose of help: Nu 14:9 וי׳ אִתָּנוּ, Jos 14:12 (אוֹתִי, as Je 20:11) Ju 1:19; 2 K 6:16; 9:32 מִי אִתִּי מִי who is on my side, who? כִּי אִתְּךָ אֲנִי Is 43:5 Je 1:8, 19 +; Is 63:3 ψ 12:5 our lips are with us, on our side (s. 3 a); in the phrase יַד פּ׳ אֵת (הָֽיְתָה) 2 S 14:19 2 K 15:19 (ידיו) Je 26:24; נָשָׂא אֵת to bear together with, i.e. to assist Ex 18:22 Nu 11:17. Exceptionally, = with the help of: Gn 4:1 for I have gotten a man אֶת־י׳ with the help of י׳ (cf. עם 1 S 14:45) 49:25 (where, however, the parallelism, & 𝔊 𝔖 Sam. favour וְאֵל שַׁדַּי for וְאֵת שַׁדַּי) Mi 3:8; cf. Est 9:29. e.g. Numbers 14:9
- b. beside (Germ. neben): Gn 39:6 לֹא יָדַע אִתּוֹ מְאוּמָה he knew not with him, beside him, aught (i.e. Joseph managed everything), v 8 Ex 20:23 לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן אִתִּ֑י ye shall not make (aught) beside me. e.g. Genesis 39:6
- c. beside = in the presence of (rare): Gn 20:16b and before all thou shalt be righted, Is 30:8 Mi 6:1. In this sense אֶת־פְּנֵי פּ׳ is more freq., v. sub פָּנִים. e.g. Genesis 20:16
- d. of intercourse of different kinds with another, e.g. after verbs of making a covenant or contract, or (less often) of speaking or dealing: (α) Gn 9:9; 15:18; 17:4 (Ez 16:60 Is 59:21 אוֹת-) Jos 10:4 1 K 3:1 etc.; cf. 1 S 2:13 (but here הַכֹּהֵן מֵאֶת־ is prob. to be read with 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Ke We etc., cf. Dt 18:3). (β) Gn 17:3; 42:30 דִּבֶּר אִתָּנוּ קָשׁוֹת, 1 K 8:15 ψ 109:2, & especially in Je and Ez (as Je 1:16; 4:12 [52:9 אִתּוֹ] 5:5; 12:1; Ez 2:1; 3:22, 24, 27; 14:4; 44:5—all אוֹת-); Gn 24:49 to perform kindness אֵת (עִם is here more genl.), 2 S 16:17 זֶה חַסְדְּךָ אֶת־רֵעֶ֑ךָ, Ru 2:20 Zc 7:9; Ju 11:27 וְאַתָּה עשֶֹׁה אִתִּי רָעָה, Dt 1:30; 10:21 1 S 12:7b, (אוֹת-) Je 21:2; 33:9 Ez 7:27; 16:59; 22:14; 23:25, 29; 39:24; abs. Ez 17:17; 20:44 ψ 109:21 Zp 3:19; (γ) in a pregn. sense, (in dealing) with, i.e. towards (rare): Is 66:14 ψ 67:2 יָאֵר פָּנָיו אִתָּנוּ make his face to shine with (= toward) us (varied from אֶל Nu 6:25) Dt 28:8; faithful with ψ 78:8 (cf. v 37 נָכוֹן עִם); Ez 2:6 (אוֹתָ֑ךְ); Ju 16:15 וְלִבְּךָ אֵין אִתִּי. (δ) often with verbs of fighting, striving, contending, as Gn 14:2, 8, 9 Nu 20:13 Is 45:9a; 50:8 ψ 35:1 Pr 23:11; with בָּא בְמִשְׁפָּט ψ 143:2 (Is 3:14 al. עִם). e.g. Genesis 9:9
- 2. Of localities, especially in the phrase אֲשֶׁר אֵת describing a site: Ju 3:19; 4:11 אֲשֶׁר אֶת־קֶדֶשׁ which is near Kedesh, 1 K 9:26 2 K 9:27 (cf. עם 2, which is commoner in this sense); Ez 43:8; Ex 33:21 הִנֵּה מָקוֹם אִתִּי. Perhaps, anomalously, 1 S 7:16 at or by all those places (but v. Dr); in 2 S 15:23 עַל־פְּנֵי דֶרֶךְ אֶת־הַמִּדְבָּר, אֵת = towards is against anal.: read with 𝔊L עַל־פָּנָיו דֶּרֶךְ הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּדְבָּר; 1 K 9:25 אִתּוֹ beside it (sc. the altar); but עָלָיו 13:1 etc. would be idiomatic, & for אִתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר Klo proposes plausibly אֶת־אִשּׁוֹ (v. Ex 30:20). e.g. Judges 3:19
- 3. אֵת פּ׳ denotes specially,
- a. in one’s possession or keeping: Gn 27:15; 30:29 thou knowest אֵת אֲשֶׁר הָיָה מִקְנְךָ אִתִּי … how thy cattle fared with me, v 33; 42:16 Lv 5:23; 19:13 Dt 15:3 Ju 17:2 1 S 9:7 מָה אִתָּנוּ = what have we? 25:29 Is 49:4 my right is with Jehovah (contr. 40:27), Je 8:8 ψ 38:11 the light of mine eyes also אֵין אִתִּי i.e. is gone from me, Pr 3:28; 8:18; in his power, Je 10:5 הֵיטֵיב אֵין אוֹתָם is not in their power, perhaps ψ 12:5. A dream, or the word of י׳, is said to be אֵת with a prophet, 2 K 3:12 Je 23:28; 27:18. Metaph. of a mental quality, Pr 11:2; 13:10. e.g. Genesis 27:15
- b. in one’s knowledge or memory: Is 59:12 פְּשָׁעֵינוּ אִתָּנוּ our transgressions are with us, i.e. present to our minds (‖ וַעֲוֹנֹתֵינוּ יְדַעֲנוּם), Jb 12:3 אֶת־מִי־אֵין כְּמוֹ־אֵלֶּה with whom are not (i.e. who knoweth not? τίς οὐ σύνοιδε;) things like these? 14:5 אִתָּךְ i.e. known to thee, Pr 2:1 Gn 40:14 Je 12:3 (Ew Gf towards thee, as 1 d γ). So אִם־יֵשׁ אֶת־נַפְשְׁכֶם Gn 23:8 [2 K 9:15 נ׳ alone], אֶת־לְבָבְךָ 2 K 10:15. Comp. עם 4 b, which is more frequent in this sense. e.g. Isaiah 59:12
- 4. מֵאֵת (מֵאִתִּי, etc.; also מֵאוֹת-, v. p. 85) from proximity with (like Gk. παρά with a genit., Fr de chez; in Syriac ܡܶܢ ܠܘܳܬ Arabic مِنْ عِنْدَ correspond. Synon. מֵעִם; see below): coupled almost always with persons (contrast מֵעִם, a). Thus
- a. with קָנָה to buy Gn 25:10 + often; (cf. 17:27); לָקַח Gn 42:24 Ex 25:2 Lv 25:36 Nu 17:17 + often; נָשָׂא ψ 24:5; שִׁלַּח, as Gn 8:8 וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָה מֵאִתּוֹ and he sent forth the dove from with him 26:27; הָלַךְ Gn 26:31 1 K 18:12; 20:36 Je 9:1, of a wife deserting her husband Ju 19:2 וַתֵּלֶךְ מֵאִתּוֹ, Je 3:1 (cf. Is 57:8); with sim. words Gn 38:1 Dt 2:8 1 K 11:23 Je 2:37 (v. Ex 5:20); Is 54:10 ψ 66:20; with שָׁאַל Ju 1:14 1 K 2:16 ψ 27:4 +, דָּרַשׁ 1 K 22:7 al., שָׁמַע 1 S 2:23.—מֵאֵת פְּנֵי פּ׳ Gn 27:30; 43:34 Ex 10:11 Jb 2:7; Lv 10:4 (הַקֹּדֶשׁ), 2 K 16:14 (הַבַּיִת). Hence e.g. Genesis 25:10
- b. of rights or dues, handed over from, given on the part of, any one: Gn 47:22 חֹק מֵאֵת פַּרְעֹה; often in P, as Gn 23:20 Ex 27:21 a perpetual due מֵאֵת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל from, or on the part of, the children of Israel, Lv 7:34b; 24:8 Nu 3:9; 7:84 +; Dt 18:3 1 S 2:13 (𝔊, etc.; v. 1 d) 2 S 15:3 וְשֹׁמֵעַ אֵין־לְךָ מֵאֵת הַמֶּלֶךְ but there is none to hear thee deputed of the king, 1 K 5:14. e.g. Genesis 47:22
- c. expressing origination: 1 K 1:27 אִם מֵאֵת אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ נִהְיָה Especially מֵאֵת י׳—of a concrete object proceeding from him: Gn 19:24 (brimstone), Nu 11:31 (a wind), 16:35 (fire), 1 S 16:14 (evil spirit), Is 38:7 (a sign), Je 51:53 (wasters), Mi 5:6 (dew); of wrath Zc 7:12 (cf. Nu 17:11), teaching Is 51:4, the word of prophecy Je 7:1 (so 11:1; 18:1 + often in Je) 37:17 Ez 33:30; with ‘have I (we) heard’ Is 21:10; 28:22 Je 49:14 (= Ob 1); of an event, or phase of history Jos 11:20 מֵאֵת י׳ הָֽיְתָה it came of י׳ to …, 1 K 12:24 Hb 2:13 ψ 118:23 מֵאֵת י׳ הָֽיְתָה זֹאת (𝔊 παρὰ Κυρίου) Ezr 9:8 Ne 6:16; of trouble (רָעָה) 2 K 6:33 Mi 1:12 (יָרַד); of a good or evil lot, having its source in י׳ Je 13:25 Is 54:17 ψ 109:20, cf. Jb 2:10; ψ 22:26 מֵאִתְּךָ תְהִלָּתִי from thee cometh my praise (thou art the source of it); Is 44:24 Qr מֵאִתִּי of myself (cf. ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ John 5:30; Kt is מִי אִתִּי who was with me?), 54:15 אֶפֶס מֵאוֹתִי not at my instance (cf. לֹא מִנִּי 30:1, לֹא מִמֶּנִּי Ho 8:4). e.g. 1 Kings 1:27
- d. of a place †1 K 6:33 (corrupt: read with 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 [partly] מְזוּזֹת רְבֻעוֹת, & cf. Ez 41:21). e.g. 1 Kings 6:33
- אֵת expresses closer association than עִם: hence while מֵעִם sometimes denotes hardly more than from the surroundings or belongings of, מֵאֵת expresses from close proximity to. Thus Saul asks, מִי הָלַךְ מֵעִמָּנוּ who has gone from (those) about us? but Jacob, speaking of the loss of Joseph, says, Gn 44:28 וַיֵּצֵא הָאֶחָד מֵאִתִּי and the one is gone from with me. מֵאֵת is accordingly preferred to מֵעִם in the sense of origination or authorship; מאת is not usual in the sense of מֵעִם c, nor מֵעִם in the sense of מֵאֵת b. e.g. Genesis 44:28
את III [m.] a cutting instrument of iron, usually transl. ploughshare
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. with makk. אֶת־, with suff. אֹתִי; אֹֽתְךָ, אֹֽתְכָה †Nu 22:33, אֹתָ֑ךְ, אֹתָ֑כָה †Ex 29:35, fem. אֹתָךְ; אֹתוֹ etc.; 2 pl. אֶתְכֶם, once אֽוֹתְכֶם Jos 23:15; 3 mpl. regularly אֹתָם, rarely אֶתְהֶם †Gn 32:1; Ex 18:20; Nu 21:3; Ez 34:12; 1 Ch 6:50, once אֽוֹתְהֶם Ez 23:45; 3 fpl., on the contrary, regularly אֶתְהֶן (13 times), once אֹתָ֑ן Ez 16:54 (also אֽוֹתְהֶן Ez 23:47, אֹתָ֖נָה Ex 35:26, אוֹתָ֖נָה Ez 34:21); forms with cholem also often written plene:—the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite (Moab. id., Ph. אית i.e. אִיַּת (Schröd p. 213 f.); Aramaic יָת freq. in 𝔗; Syriac ܝܳܬ very rare as mark of accus. (for which ܠ is prefered), but used often in the sense of substance οὐσία, also in that of self, e.g. ܒܝܳܬܶܗ per se, reapse, ܠܝܳܬܶܗ sibi ipsi, PS 1640 f., Sam. ࠉࠕ; Arabic إِيَّا, only used with sf., when it is desired to emphasize the pronoun, e.g. Qor 1:4 WAG i. § 189. [Ethiopic uses ኪያ kīyā similarly, Di § 150 a; but it is dub. if this is etymologically akin.] The primitive form will have been ’iwyath, orig. a subst. with foll. gen., Ol p. 432; whether ultim. a parallel development with אוֹת sign from √ אוה is uncertain: Ol WAG i. § 188 LagM i. 226 affirm, NöZMG 1886, 738 doubts. In Heb. the ground-form is אוֹת; the forms with ē, e being abbreviated. In postB Heb., used in combination with another prep.: thus בְּאוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם = Bibl. בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, בְּאוֹתָהּ הַשָּׁעָה; or as a nomin., e.g. אוֹתוֹ הָאִישׁ = Bibl. הָאִישׁ הַהוּא).
II. prep. with—with makk. אֶת־, with suff. אִתִּי, אִתְּךָ, אִתְּכֶם etc., also, however, אֽוֹתְךָ, אוֹתוֹ, and similarly מֵאֽוֹתְךָ, מֵאוֹתוֹ etc., first in Jos 10:25; 14:12, next 2 S 24:24; then repeatedly (but not exclusively) 1 K 20–2 K 8, & in Je Ez, e.g. 1 K 20:25 (but v 23 אִתָּם) 22:7, 8, 24 (beside מֵאתִּי) 2 K 1:15; 3:11, 12, 26; 6:16 (beside אִתָּנוּ) 8:8; Je 2:35; 10:5; 16:8; 19:10; 20:11; Ez 2:6; 10:17; 23:23; 37:26 (v. infr. 1 d.; also Is 59:21, contr. Gn 17:4: on שָׁכַב אֹתָהּ, Gn 34:2 al., v. sub שָׁכֵב & cf. DrSm ii. 13, 14)—prep. denoting proximity (syn. עִם; Ph. את, e.g. CIS i. 3, 8 לא יכן לם משכב את רפאם let there not be for them a resting-place with the shades; Assyrian itti (perhaps akin to ittu ‘side,’ DlPr 115 Hpt KAT2. 498; but cf. NöZMG ’86, 738 f.). Not found as yet in the other cogn. languages: but cf. Ethiopic እንተ ʾenta, towards, which supports the view that אֵת is for ʾint [cf. תֵּת, תִּתִּי], perhaps from √ אנה to meet Olp. 431 PrätZMG ’73, 643, LagM i. 226).
IV. n.[m.] a cutting instrument of iron, usually transl. ploughshare—sg. sf. אֵתוֹ 1 S 13:20; pl. אֵתִים 1 S 13:21, אִתִּים Is 2:4 = Mi 4:3; sf. אִתֵּיכֶם Jo 4:10; according to Klo al. also 2 K 6:5 אֶת־הַבַּרְזֶל, i.e. the axe of iron.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אות (ʼôwth) (H226) — sign.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אִתְ־
- formative prefix of the Ithpa., Ithpe. and Ithpo., and corresponding nouns; in Talmud mostly אִיתְ־; cmp. אִסְ־ a. אִיסְ־. [For words not to be found here v. sub. אִיתְ־, a. vice versa.]
אַתְּ
- c. (b. h. אַתְּ f.; contr. of אנת) thou. Targ. Gen. III, 11; a. fr.—Y. Snh. I, 19ᵃ top ואת מר הכן and thou sayest so?—[In Talmudic argumentation (אתה) את אומר; Chald. את אמר, את מר thou sayest, את צווח ליה thou callest it, frequently applied to Scripture texts as though addressing an opponent.] Lev. R. s. 10, end ואת אומר אל פתח וכ׳ and yet the Scripture says, ‘To the entrance of the Tabernacle’! i.e. how is this possible?—Y. Pes. V, 32ᶜ את מר והיה לאבק Scripture says ‘And it shall turn into dust’.—Y. Kil. VIII, 31ᵇ top הן דאת אמר לא אמרה למה את אמר, [add the respective bibl. verses after each אמר a. read אמרת for אמרה] there where it reads, ‘thou shalt not’ &c. (Lev. XIX, 19), the text gives no reason why; therefore it is repeated (Deut. XXII, 9 adding the reason); a. fr.—[דאת אמר contr. דַּתְּ מַר q. v.]—Pl. (תּוּן) אַתּוּן, (אַתּוּ) m. אַתֵּין f. ye. Targ. Ps. CXIV, 6 דאתון Ms. (omitted in ed., and third person). Targ. Is. III, 14. Targ. Ezek. XIII, 20; a. fr.—Y. Snh. VI, 23ᵈ top ומה תון בעון (read בעתון) and what is it ye want? Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ אתון אמרתון ye said so; a. fr.—Snh. 109ᵃ דאַתּוּ גנבי (v. Rashi a. l., Ms. דגנבי אית בכו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) that ye are thieves. V. אַתָּה, אַנְתְּ. e.g. Leviticus 19:19
אָת
- c. (= b. h. אוֹת; fr. תאה, or תאו, sec. r. of אה or או; as to reject. of radical ו or ה, cmp. אב, אח &c.) sign, type; letter (v. אוֹת II). Targ. Ex. XIII, 16; a. fr.—Targ. Is. VII, 11; a. fr.—Pl. אָתִין, אָתַיָּא. Targ. Gen. I, 14. Targ. Ps. LXXIV, 4; a. e.—אַתְוָון, אַתְיָין, אַתְוָותָא, אַתְוָאן, (אָתָן) אַתְיָיתָא. Targ. Ps. l. c. Targ. O. Num. II, 2 ed. Berl. אַתְיַן, Var. אָתְיָן, אַתְוָון; Y. אתוון (v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 39); a. fr.—Koh. R. to I, 13 ה׳ אתואן five letters of acrostics.—אַתְוָיֵי (אַתְוֵוי, אִיתְוֵי). Num. R. s. 13, end א׳ דידין וכ׳ the letters composing the one word (קערת) are the same as those composing the other (קרעת).
אֵת
- [essence], a particle of the objective case, but also used as a noun, the thing (which) (cmp. Koh. IV, 3, v. אוֹת III). Ohol. II, 4 את ש … עליו that upon which … Zeb. 72ᵇ; Bets. 3ᵇ את שדרכו למנות שנינו we read (Orl. III, 7) that which it is customary to count singly, opp. כל שדרכו וכ׳ whatever is sometimes counted singly; a. fr.—Ber. I, 1 קורין את שמע we read the Sh’ma’, a. v. fr.—[The fact that את as a particle of the objective case may be dispensed with, and that את (fr. אתת to join) may have the meaning of with, gave rise to a method of Biblical interpretation by which, wherever את occurs in the Bible, esp. in laws, an amplification by implication is looked for.] Pes. 22ᵇ את לרבות וכ׳ the word eth (Deut. X, 20 [with] the Lord thy God thou shalt fear [some one else] intimates that we must pay reverence to the scholars next to God. Ib. ואידך את לא דריש and as to the other authority (that differs)? He does not interpret eth (as having a particular meaning); a. fr.—Pl. אֵתִים, אֵתִין the word eth occurring in Scripture, as a substratum for interpretation. Ib. היה דורש כל א׳ וכ׳ used to interpret every eth in the Law; a. fr. Num. R. s. 10 זו אחת מג׳ א׳ וכ׳ this is one of the three eths &c. e.g. Ecclesiastes 4:3
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Forms in the corpus
The 288 distinct written forms H853 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת | Particle, Direct Object | Amos 1:3 | 6,227 |
| וְ/אֶת | Particle, Direct Object | Amos 4:11 | 1,671 |
| אֶֽת | Particle, Direct Object | Daniel 2:3 | 227 |
| אֵ֖ת | Particle, Direct Object | Amos 3:2 | 171 |
| וְ/אֵת֙ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 1:22 | 126 |
| אֵ֚ת | Particle, Direct Object | Amos 5:26 | 118 |
| וְ/אֵ֖ת | Particle, Direct Object | Amos 5:26 | 109 |
| אֹת֖/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 1:3 | 106 |
| אֵ֣ת | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 1:19 | 92 |
| אֵ֥ת | Particle, Direct Object | Daniel 8:19 | 81 |
| אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם | Particle, Direct Object | Amos 2:10 | 81 |
| אֹתָ֖/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 12:2 | 70 |
| אֹת֔/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 3:2 | 63 |
| אֵ֛ת | Particle, Direct Object | Daniel 9:13 | 57 |
| וְ/אֵ֣ת | Particle, Direct Object | Esther 2:1 | 56 |
| אֹת/וֹ֙ | Particle, Direct Object | Exodus 2:2 | 55 |
| אֶתְ/כֶ֔ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 1:11 | 51 |
| אֹתָ֔/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 4:14 | 46 |
| אֶתְ/כֶם֙ | Particle, Direct Object | Amos 4:2 | 45 |
| אֹתֽ/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 8:6 | 43 |
| אֹת֛/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 2:33 | 42 |
| וְ/אֵ֨ת | Particle, Direct Object | Exodus 9:25 | 41 |
| וְ/אֶֽת | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 11:3 | 41 |
| אֹתָ/ם֙ | Particle, Direct Object | Exodus 26:37 | 39 |
| וְֽ/אֶת | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 9:21 | 35 |
| אוֹתָ֖/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 12:29 | 34 |
| אוֹתָ֔/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 3:6 | 33 |
| אֶתְ/כֶֽם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 1:9 | 31 |
| אֹתָ֖/הּ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 11:31 | 31 |
| אוֹתָ/ם֙ | Particle, Direct Object | Exodus 14:9 | 31 |
| אֹת֑/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Exodus 22:23 | 30 |
| וְ/אֵ֛ת | Particle, Direct Object | Esther 9:13 | 30 |
| אֵת֩ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 3:21 | 29 |
| אֹתָֽ/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 7:24 | 28 |
| אֹת֗/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 19:12 | 24 |
| אֹתָ֑/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 7:12 | 24 |
| אֶתְ/כֶ֑ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 1:10 | 23 |
| אֹתָ֛/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 1:15 | 23 |
| אוֹתָ֑/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 10:15 | 22 |
| וְ/אֵ֥ת | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 14:14 | 22 |
| אוֹתָֽ/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 31:7 | 20 |
| אֵ֤ת | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 7:12 | 19 |
| אֶתְ/כֶ֛ם | Particle, Direct Object | Amos 6:14 | 19 |
| אֹת֜/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 22:19 | 18 |
| אֹתָ֔/הּ | Particle, Direct Object | Amos 9:8 | 18 |
| אֹתָ֜/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Exodus 28:41 | 16 |
| אֹת֤/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 9:21 | 15 |
| וְ/אֵת֩ | Particle, Direct Object | Esther 5:11 | 15 |
| אֹת֥/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 12:32 | 14 |
| אֶתְ/כֶ֜ם | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 24:8 | 13 |
| אֹתִ֖/י | Particle, Direct Object | Ezekiel 8:7 | 13 |
| אֹתָ֛/הּ | Particle, Direct Object | Ezekiel 21:11 | 13 |
| אֹת֣/וֹ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 1:38 | 12 |
| אֹתִ֗/י | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 4:10 | 12 |
| אֹתָ/הּ֙ | Particle, Direct Object | Exodus 30:35 | 12 |
| אֹתָ֑/הּ | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 11:12 | 12 |
| אוֹתָ֖/הּ | Particle, Direct Object | Ezekiel 4:1 | 12 |
| אוֹתָ֛/ם | Particle, Direct Object | Ezekiel 4:9 | 12 |
| וְ/אֵ֗ת | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 1:4 | 11 |
| וְ/אֵ֤ת | Particle, Direct Object | Deuteronomy 11:6 | 11 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 228 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H853, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
Most of the 6,781 Hebrew verses this word occurs in also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), so the same passages can be read in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:1
- Exodus 1:7
- Leviticus 1:2
- Numbers 1:2
- Deuteronomy 1:3
- Joshua 1:2
- Judges 1:2
- Ruth 1:6
- 1 Samuel 1:5
- 2 Samuel 1:1
- 1 Kings 1:3
- 2 Kings 1:6
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
