אֶת־עַצְמ֤וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־עַצְמ֤וֹת

   et-a-tse-MOT

   {direct object marker} bones of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־עַצְמ֤וֹת שָׁאוּל֙

   et-a-tse-MOT sha-UL

   {direct object marker} bones of Saul
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־עַצְמ֤וֹת שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶת־עַצְמוֹת֙ יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֔וֹ מֵאֵ֕ת בַּעֲלֵ֖י יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד

   va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-yik-KAKH et-a-tse-MOT sha-UL ve-et-a-tse-MOT ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO me-ET ba-a-LE ya-VESH gil-AD

   and he went David and he took {direct object marker} bones of Saul and {direct object marker} bones of Jonathan his son from with the owners of or the men of Jabesh Gilead
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־עַצְמ֤וֹת שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶת־עַצְמוֹת֙ יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֔וֹ מֵאֵ֕ת בַּעֲלֵ֖י יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד אֲשֶׁר֩ גָּנְב֨וּ אֹתָ֜ם מֵרְחֹ֣ב בֵּֽית־שַׁ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר תלום תְּלָא֥וּם שם הפלשתים שָׁ֙מָּה֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בְּי֨וֹם הַכּ֧וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים אֶת־שָׁא֖וּל בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃

   va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-yik-KAKH et-a-tse-MOT sha-UL ve-et-a-tse-MOT ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO me-ET ba-a-LE ya-VESH gil-AD a-SHER gan-VU o-TAM mer-KHOV bet-SHAN a-SHER ta-LOM te-la-UM SHAM ha-fe-le-sHIM SHAM-ma pe-lish-TIM be-YOM ha-KHOT pe-lish-TIM et-sha-UL ba-gil-BO-a

   and he went David and he took {direct object marker} bones of Saul and {direct object marker} bones of Jonathan his son from with the owners of or the men of Jabesh Gilead who or which they stole them from {the} open place or street Beth-shan where TALOM {unvocalized form in source text} they hanged them there the Philistines {unvocalized form in source text} there Philistines in {the} day of the striking Philistines {direct object marker} Saul in Gilboa

Exegesis

The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks the definite objects in the phrases et-ʿaṣmōṯ Šāʼûl and wə-et-ʿaṣmōṯ Yəhōnāṯān {וְאֶת־עַצְמוֹת יְהוֹנָתָן | wə-ʾet-ʿaṣmōṯ Yəhōnāṯān} ‘and the bones of Jonathan,’ highlighting the specific items retrieved.

Root and etymology

ע־צ־מ🔊 ayin-tsade-mem

“bones, substance”

• 🔊 עֶצֶםetzembone; self, essenceGenesis 2:23