אֵת

hebrewOld TestamentParticle10,937 occurrences39 books6,751 verses

Definition

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)
Traditional renderings: [as such unrepresented in English].

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֵת:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

10,937 total
  1. Numbers 25:17אֶת־; אוֹתָֽם׃
    “Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
  2. Numbers 26:2אֶת־
    “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
  3. Numbers 26:4אֶת־
    “Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:
  4. Numbers 26:10אֶת־; אֹתָ֛ם · them; וְאֶת־; אֵ֣ת
    And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
  5. These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
  6. Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
  7. These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,
  8. Numbers 26:59אֹתָ֛הּ; אֶֽת־; וְאֶת־; וְאֵ֖ת
    …and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
  9. Numbers 26:60אֶת־; וְאֶת־; אֶת־; וְאֶת־
    Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,
  10. These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
  11. Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
  12. Numbers 27:5אֶת־
    So Moses brought their case before the LORD,
  13. Numbers 27:7אֶת־ · their
    “The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
  14. Numbers 27:8אֶת־
    Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
  15. Numbers 27:9אֶת־
    If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.
  16. If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
  17. Numbers 27:11אֶת־; אֹתָ֑הּ; אֶת־
    And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
  18. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
  19. Numbers 27:13אֹתָ֔הּ
    After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
  20. Numbers 27:18אֶת־; אֶת־
    And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
  21. Numbers 27:19אֹת֗וֹ; אֹת֖וֹ · him
    Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.
  22. Numbers 27:22אֹת֑וֹ; אֶת־
    Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,
  23. …and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.
  24. Numbers 28:2אֶת־; אֶת־
    “Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My food offerings, as a pleasing aroma to Me.
  25. Numbers 28:4אֶת־; וְאֵת֙
    Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,
  26. Numbers 28:8וְאֵת֙ · And
    And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  27. You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.
  28. Numbers 29:7אֶת־
    On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
  29. So Moses spoke all this to the Israelites just as the LORD had commanded him.
  30. Numbers 30:4אֶת־
    …and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
  31. Numbers 30:5אֹתָהּ֮; אֹתָֽהּ׃
    But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
  32. Numbers 30:8אוֹתָהּ֒ · her
    But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.