אֵת

1. As mark of the accusative prefixed to substantives defined either by the article (or כֹּל), or by a genitive or pronominal affix, or in virtue of being proper names:
\ \ a. with transitive verbs, 1 Mos 1,1; 1 Mos 1,16; 1 Mos 1,29; 1 Mos 1,30; 1 Mos 2,11; 1 Mos 4,1; 1 Mos 4,2; 1 Mos 9,3 (אֶתֿ˜כֹּל׃) etc. Similarly אֶתמִֿי whom (in particular), Jos 24,15; 1 Sam 12,3; 1 Sam 28,11; Es 6,8 and elsewhere (but never אֶתמָֿה); also with זֶה 1 Mos 29,33; 1 Mos 44,29; 1 Sam 21,16; 1 Kong 22,27 +, זֹאת 1 Mos 29,27; 2 Sam 13,27 +, אֵלֶּה 1 Mos 46,18; 3 Mos 11,18; Es 49,21 +. So pretty uniformly in prose; but in poetry את is commonly dispensed with. By the use of את with the pronominal affix, a pronoun can at once, if required, be placed in a position of emphasis; let the order of words from this point of view be carefully noticed in the following passages: 1 Mos 7,1; 1 Mos 24,14; 1 Mos 37,4; 3 Mos 10,17; 3 Mos 11,33; 4 Mos 22,32 thee I had slain, and her I had kept alive, 5 Mos 4,14; 5 Mos 6,13; 5 Mos 6,23; 5 Mos 13,5; Dom 14,3 אוֺתָהּ קַח לִי take for me her, 1 Sam 14,35; 1 Sam 15,1; 1 Sam 18,17; 1 Sam 21,10 אִםאֹֿתָהּ תִּקַּחלְֿךָ קָ֔ח if thou wilt take that, take it, 1 Kong 1,35; 1 Kong 14,9; Es 43,22; Es 57,11; Jer 9,2. So הַאוֺתִי Jer 5,22; Jer 7,19. It also sometimes enables the reflexive sense to be expressed (elsewhere נַפְשָׁם) Jer 7,19; Ezk 34,2. Rarely with a substantive which is undefined (Ew^{§ 277 d 2} Ges^{«GKC:117»§ 117}, 1, R. 2), as 2 Mos 21,28; 4 Mos 21,9; 3 Mos 20,14; 1 Sam 24,6 (but see Dr) 2 Sam 4,11; 2 Sam 18,18; 2 Sam 23,21 or which, though definite, is without the article, 1 Mos 21,30; 2 Sam 15,16; 3 Mos 26,5; 1 Sam 9,3 (so 4 Mos 16,15) Es 33,19; Es 41,7; Ezk 43,10 (for further examples see Ew 1.c.)
\ \ b. with a passive verb (Ges^{«GKC:121»§ 121}. 1 Ew^{§ 295 b}) conceived as expressing neutrally the action in question, and construed accordingly with an accusative of that which is its real object: examples occur with tolerable frequency from 1 Mos 4,18 (J) וַיִּוָּלֵד לַחֲנוֺךְ אֶתעֿירָד, 1 Mos 17,5 (P), לֹא יִקָּרֵא עוֺד אֶתשִֿׁמְךָ אַ˜ברָם there shall not be called (=one shall not call) thy name Abram, 1 Mos 21,5 (E), 1 Mos 27,42; 2 Sam 21,11; 1 Kong 18,13; Hos 10,6 etc., to Jer 35,18; Jer 38,4; Jer 50,20; Ezk 16,4; Ezk 16,5; Est 2,13 (compare Dr^{JPh xi. 227 f.}): also with passive verbs of filling (Ew^{§ 281 b}), as 2 Mos 1,7 +.
\ \ c. with neuter verbs or expressions, especially such as involve the idea of regarding, or treating, appy. by a construction κατὰ σύνεσιν (rare), Jos 22,17; 2 Sam 11,25; Neh 9,32 (compare 1 Sam 20,13 Dr). Once after אֵין, Hag 2,17 אֵין אֶתְכֶם אֵלַיָֽ.
\ \ d. poet. (si vera lectio), after an abstract noun used with a verbal force, Hab 3,13 (Amos 4,11; Es 13,19; Jer 50,40 מַהְפֵּכָה exerts a verbal force, like the Arabic nom. verbi [see W^{AG i. § 196, 43}]; and 4 Mos 10,2; Ezk 17,9 לְמַסַּע, לְמַשְׂאוֺת are Aramaizing infinitives: compare Ew^{§ 239 a}).

2. את marks an accusative in other relations than that of direct object to a verb:
\ \ a. with verbs of motion (very rare) 4 Mos 13,17; 5 Mos 1,19; 5 Mos 2,7 (to 'walk the wilderness'); denoting the goal Dom 19,18; Ezk 21,25 (Ew^{§ 281 d, n., 282 a 1}).
\ \ b. denoting time (duration), also very rare: 2 Mos 13,7; 3 Mos 25,22; 5 Mos 9,25.
\ \ c. expressing the accus. of limitation (rare): 1 Mos 17,11; 1 Mos 17,14; 1 Kong 15,23.

3. Chiefly in an inferior or later style, אֵת (or וְאֵת) is used irregularly, partly (α), as it would seem, to give greater definiteness (so especially וְאֵת) at the mention of a new subject (when it may sometimes be rendered as regards), or through the influence of a neighbouring verb (a construct κατὰ σύνεσιν), or by an anacoluthon, partly (β) as resuming loosely some other preposition Thus (α) 2 Mos 1,14; 4 Mos 3,26; 4 Mos 3,46; 4 Mos 5,10 (with הָיָה: so Ezk 35,10) 4 Mos 18,21b 5 Mos 11,2 (anacoluthon), 5 Mos 14,13; Jos 17,11; Dom 20,44; Dom 20,46 (contr. vDom 20,25 vDom 20,35) 1 Sam 17,34 (see Dr) 1 Sam 26,16; 2 Sam 21,22; 2 Kong 6,5; Es 53,8 (probably), Es 57,12; Jer 23,33 (but read rather with ᵐ5 ᵑ9 אַתֶּם הַמַּשָּׂא) Jer 27,8; Jer 36,22; Jer 38,16 Kt, Jer 45,4 b Ezk 16,22; Ezk 17,21; Ezk 20,16; Ezk 29,4 b Ezk 43,7 (ᵐ5 Co prefix הֲרָאִיתָ) Ezk 44,3; Zak 8,17; Praed 4,3; Dan 9,13; Neh 9,19; Neh 9,34; 1 Kron 2,9; 2 Kron 31,17. In 1 Sam 30,23; Hag 2,5 probably some such word as remember is to be understood. (β) Jer 38,9; Ezk 14,22 b Ezk 37,19 b Zak 12,10 סָבִיב אֵת 1 Kong 6,5; Ezk 43,17 strangely (in 1 Kings ᵐ5 omits the clause: so Sta^{ZAW 1883, 135}). — In 1 Kong 11,1 וְ is merely and also, and especially (see וְ); v1 Kong 11,25 is corrupt (read with ᵐ5 זֹאת הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲדָד); Ezk 47,17; Ezk 47,18; Ezk 47,19 read similarly for ואת, זֹאת: see vEzk 47,20. — For some particulars as to the use of את, see A. M. Wilson^{Hebraica. vi. 139 ff. 212 ff.} (who, however, confuses it sometimes with II. אֵת). For denoting the pronominal object of a verb, את with suffix preponderates relatively much above the verbal affix in P, as compared with J E Deuteronomy Judges Samuel Kings (see Gie^{ZAW 1881, 258 f.}), — partly, probably, on account of the greater distinctness and precision which P loves.