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Nehemiah 3:13
“The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- אֵת֩ — particle (direct object marker)
- Usage
- Occurs 10,979 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:7Genesis 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.
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.