אֵ֛ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵ֛ת

   ET

2. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִזְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֣ה אֶל־מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֩ לָכִ֨ישָׁה לֵאמֹ֤ר חָטָ֙אתִי֙ שׁ֣וּב מֵֽעָלַ֔י אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־תִּתֵּ֥ן עָלַ֖י אֶשָּׂ֑א

   va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti SHUV me-a-LAI ET a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI e-SA

   and he sent Hezekiah king of Judah to the king of Assyria to Lachish saying I have sinned turn back from upon me which you will give upon me I will bear
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִזְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֣ה אֶל־מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֩ לָכִ֨ישָׁה לֵאמֹ֤ר חָטָ֙אתִי֙ שׁ֣וּב מֵֽעָלַ֔י אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־תִּתֵּ֥ן עָלַ֖י אֶשָּׂ֑א וַיָּ֨שֶׂם מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֜וּר עַל־חִזְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֗ה שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ כִּכַּר־כֶּ֔סֶף וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים כִּכַּ֥ר זָהָֽב׃

   va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti SHUV me-a-LAI ET a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI e-SA va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT kik-KAR-KE-sef u-she-lo-SHIM kik-KAR za-HAV

   and he sent Hezekiah king of Judah to the king of Assyria to Lachish saying I have sinned turn back from upon me which you will give upon me I will bear and he set the king of Assyria upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundreds a talent of silver and thirty a talent of gold

Exegesis

The object clause et-asher-titten-alai-esa {אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תִּתֵּן עָלַי אֶשָּׂא | ʾēt ʾăšer-teṯən ʿalāy ʾesśāʾ} binds a relative pronoun plus imperfect verb to the speaker’s willing acceptance.

Root and etymology

ḥ-ṭ-ʾ🔊 ח־ט־אchet–tet–aleph

“to sin”

• 🔊 חטאchattasin1 Samuel 15:24