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HebrewH0853Part

אֵת

et

6,417Occurrences
H0853Strong's #
PartPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative Aramaic equivalent: yat (*יָת *"whom" H3487)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Part

Morphology Code

H:Part

Full Description

H:Part

Occurrences

אֵת appears 6,417 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
629
Exodus
565
Jeremiah
505
Leviticus
418
Ezk
411
Numbers
396
Deuteronomy
382
1 Kings
346

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:10BSB

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

2 Kings 16:14BSB

He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.

Exodus 27:7BSB

The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

Genesis 45:3BSB

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?”But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.

Joshua 23:4BSB

See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.