אֵת
et (H0853)
[Obj.]
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# The Hebrew Direct Object Marker את (et) The Hebrew word את (et) is a grammatical particle that marks the direct object of a verb—the person or thing being acted upon. With nearly 11,000 occurrences in the Bible, it is one of the most frequently used words in Hebrew scripture, though it carries no inherent meaning of its own. Instead, it functions purely as a structural signal, helping readers identify what or whom a verb is targeting. For example, in a sentence where someone "strikes the door," את would mark "door" as the object receiving the action of striking. The sheer frequency of this particle—appearing in roughly one of every fifty words across the biblical text—underscores its grammatical necessity in Hebrew. Unlike English, which relies on word order to clarify which noun is the object of a verb, Hebrew employs את to make this relationship explicit. This feature allowed Hebrew writers greater flexibility in arranging words for emphasis or poetic effect while maintaining grammatical clarity. The particle's ubiquity makes it nearly invisible to readers but essential to understanding the basic mechanics of Hebrew sentences throughout the entire biblical corpus.
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God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.
The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”
Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”
Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”
Yahweh said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.
Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
Irad was born to Enoch. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister was Naamah.
Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on Yahweh’s name.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.
He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.
Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.
Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
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