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Lexicon :: Strong's H853 - 'ēṯ

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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

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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].
STRONGS H853: Abbreviations
I. אֵת, with makk. אֶתֿ, with suffix אֹתִי; ֽֽֽאֹתְךָ, ֽֽֽאֹתְכָהNumbers 22:33, אֹתָ֑ךְ, אֹתָ֑כָהExodus 29:35, feminine אֹתָךְ; אֹתוֺ etc.; 2nd person plural אֶתְכֶם, once ֽֽֽאוֺתְכֶם Joshua 23:15; 3rd person masculine plural regularly אֹתָם, rarely אֶתְהֶםGenesis 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 (Schrödp. 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, PS1640f., Samaritan VJ; Arabic إِيَّا, only used with suffix, 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 dubious if this is etymologically akin.] The primitive form will have been 'iwyath, originally a substantive with following genitive, Olp. 432; whether ultimately a parallel development with אוֺת sign from √ אוה is uncertain: Ol WAG i. § 188 LagM i. 226 affirm, NöZMG 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 הַאוֺתִיJeremiah 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 DrJPh 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 WAG 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
(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 StaZAW 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. WilsonHebraica. 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 GieZAW 1881, 258 f.), — partly, probably, on account of the greater distinctness and precision which P loves.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

9:13

Hosea

10:6

Amos

4:11

Habakkuk

3:13

Haggai

2:5; 2:17

Zechariah

8:17; 12:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H853 matches the Hebrew אֵת ('ēṯ),
which occurs 44 times in 39 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - The LORD said to Satan, "Whence have you come?" Satan answered the LORD, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nought?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:15 - and the Sabe'ans fell upon them and took them, and slew the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The Chalde'ans formed three companies, and made a raid upon the camels and took them, and slew the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 - Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell upon the ground, and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - And the LORD said to Satan, "Whence have you come?" Satan answered the LORD, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4 - Then Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power; only spare his life."
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and afflicted Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eli'phaz the Te'manite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Na'amathite. They made an appointment together to come to condole with him and comfort him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - And when they saw him from afar, they did not recognize him; and they raised their voices and wept; and they rent their robes and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:1 - After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:21 - Why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be."
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:9 - Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:11 - Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:25 - Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:3 - And dost thou open thy eyes upon such a one and bring him into judgment with thee?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:11 - I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:23 - "God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - he was angry also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:4 - Now Eli'hu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:6 - And Eli'hu the son of Bar'achel the Buzite answered: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:4 - I will answer you and your friends with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:1 - Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:1 - And the LORD said to Job:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:3 - Then Job answered the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:6 - Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:34 - He beholds everything that is high; he is king over all the sons of pride."
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:1 - Then Job answered the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eli'phaz the Te'manite: "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:9 - So Eli'phaz the Te'manite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Na'amathite went and did what the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10 - And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house; and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:16 - And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
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