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2 Samuel 12:31

“And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֵתʼêth · ayth
H853 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
Derivation: apparent contracted from H226 (אוֹת) in the demonstrative sense of entity;
KJV renderings: (as such unrepresented in English).
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
אֶת — particle (direct object marker)
Code HC/To
Usage: Occurs 10,979 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:4 Genesis 1:7 Genesis 1:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֵת here.

Verse 30

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.