Exodus 16:23:11Exod.16.23.W11TAB

אֵ֣ת

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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ET a-sher-to-FU

  3. clause

    ET a-sher-to-FU e-FU ve-ET a-sher-te-va-she-LU ba-SHE-lu ve-ET kol-ha-o-DEF ha-NI-khu la-KHEM le-mish-ME-ret ad-ha-BO-ker

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM HU a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH sha-ba-TON sha-bat-KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR ET a-sher-to-FU e-FU ve-ET a-sher-te-va-she-LU ba-SHE-lu ve-ET kol-ha-o-DEF ha-NI-khu la-KHEM le-mish-ME-ret ad-ha-BO-ker

Exegesis

The final clause ve-ʾēt kāl-hā-ʿō-dēp̄ han-nî-ḥû lā-ḵem lə-miš-me-ret ʿad-hab-bō-qer {וְאֵת כָּל־הָעֹדֵף הַנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת עַד־הַבֹּקֶר | wə-ʾēt kāl-hā-ʿō-dēp̄ han-nî-ḥû lā-ḵem lə-miš-me-ret ʿad-hab-bō-qer} employs the participle ha-odef as object of han-nî-ḥû, with beneficiary (lā-ḵem), purpose (lə-miš-me-ret), and duration (ʿad-hab-bō-qer) specified by prepositional phrases. English adds conjunctions and auxiliary verbs to preserve Hebrew parallelism and clarify relationships.

In contextExodus 16:23

And he said to them, “This is what the LORD has declared: ‘Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake, and boil what you will boil; and all the surplus, set it aside for your safekeeping until morning.’”

About this coordinate

Exodus 16:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 16:23, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣ת (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 Exod.16.23.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.23.W11.S1) and character.