2 Samuel 15:34:182 Sam.15.34.W18TAB

אֵ֖ת

et

Transliteration
ET
Extended
EET
IPA
/ˈʔeːt/

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ET

  2. clause

    ve-he-FAR-ta LI ET a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel

  3. sentence

    ve-im-ha-IR ta-SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta le-av-sha-LOM av-DE-kha a-NI ha-ME-lekh e-HE-ye E-ved a-VI-kha va-a-NI me-AZ ve-a-TA va-a-NI av-DE-kha ve-he-FAR-ta LI ET a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel

Exegesis

The direct object marker ’ēt {אֵת | ’ēt} precedes the construct noun ‘ăṣaṯ {עֲצַת | ’ă-ṣaṯ} ‘counsel’ of ’Aḥîṭôp̄el {אֲחִיתֹפֶל | ’ă-ḥî-ṭō-p̄el} ‘Ahithophel’, rendered as a possessive in English.

In context2 Samuel 15:34

But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, “I am your servant, O king; I was your father’s servant from then until now, and now I am your servant,” then you will frustrate for me the counsel of Ahithophel .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 15:34:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 15:34, so the Hebrew word אֵ֖ת (et) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.15.34.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.34.W18.S1) and character.