Numbers 20:14:13Num.20.14.W13TAB
אֵ֥ת
et
- Transliteration
- ET
- Extended
- EET
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt/
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
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ET
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ET kol-hat-te-la-AH
- clause
KOH a-MAR a-KHI-kha yis-ra-EL a-TA ya-DAT-ta ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-AT-nu
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH mal-a-KHIM mik-ka-DESH el-ME-lekh e-DOM KOH a-MAR a-KHI-kha yis-ra-EL a-TA ya-DAT-ta ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-AT-nu
Exegesis
The perfect verb yadatta {יָדַעְתָּ | yāḏa‘tā} ‘you have known’ presupposes prior awareness, while the marker et {אֵת | ʾēṯ} signals kol-hattelaah {כָּל־הַתְּלָאָה | kol-hattəlāʾāh} ‘all the hardship’.
Root and etymology
Rootqof-resh-aleph
“meet, encounter”
In context — Numbers 20:14
From Kadesh Moses sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “This is what your brother Israel says: you know about all the hardship that has come upon us.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 20:14, so the Hebrew word אֵ֥ת (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 Num.20.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.14.W13.S1) and character.