What does אֵת (ʾēt) mean in the Bible?
אֵת (ʾēt): Marks proximity or association; fundamentally expresses spatial nearness, extended metaphorically to relationships and agency.
Hebrew · H854
אֵת
Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near ; hence, generally, with , by , at , among , etc.
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אֵת H854
Pronunciation ʾēt
What does אֵת (ʾēt) mean in the Bible?
אֵת (ʾēt): Marks proximity or association; fundamentally expresses spatial nearness, extended metaphorically to relationships and agency.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H854?
The BSB source-word alignment has 929 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (209), with (132), - (66), with you (62), with him (59).
Where does אֵת (ʾēt) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 4:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (140), Jeremiah (102), Ezekiel (65), 2 Samuel (62).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 209× Genesis 8:17, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 17:27
with 132× Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:7
- 66× Genesis 7:13, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 9:10, Genesis 24:32
with you 62× Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:11
with him 59× Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:8, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 17:19
from 34× Genesis 19:24, Genesis 49:30, Exodus 10:11, Leviticus 25:15
with me 34× Genesis 14:24, Genesis 42:33, Genesis 43:8, Genesis 43:16
with them 20× Exodus 6:4, Exodus 12:38, Exodus 34:33, Leviticus 26:44
with us 16× Genesis 24:55, Genesis 34:21, Genesis 34:22, Genesis 41:12
to 15× Genesis 19:13, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 41:9, Joshua 17:14
against 12× Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:9, Judges 12:4, 2 Samuel 11:17
You 8× Leviticus 19:13, Numbers 1:5, 1 Samuel 12:7, 2 Samuel 2:6
him 7× Genesis 17:23, Genesis 50:7, Joshua 10:24, Judges 19:2
against you 6× Joshua 24:8, 2 Kings 19:9, Proverbs 23:11, Isaiah 37:9
along with 6× Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Exodus 28:1, 1 Kings 11:17
am with you 6× Genesis 26:24, Isaiah 43:5, Jeremiah 1:19, Jeremiah 15:20
among you 6× Genesis 34:16, Leviticus 19:34, Numbers 9:14, Deuteronomy 12:12
from them 6× Genesis 42:24, Exodus 25:3, Numbers 7:5, Numbers 17:2
to them 6× Genesis 23:8, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 42:7, Joshua 2:23
and 5× Genesis 6:13, Leviticus 16:5, 1 Samuel 12:7, Isaiah 41:4
and with 5× Genesis 9:10, Isaiah 53:9, Isaiah 57:15, Jeremiah 31:31
me 5× Genesis 40:14, Judges 11:27, 1 Samuel 17:9, 1 Samuel 24:18
vvv 5× Exodus 27:21, 2 Kings 4:3, 2 Kings 22:7, Proverbs 17:24
among 4× Judges 1:16, Judges 1:21, Proverbs 16:19, Ezekiel 32:29
were with him 4× Genesis 8:1, Numbers 22:40, Joshua 22:30, Jeremiah 42:8
with her 4× Genesis 34:2, Joshua 6:17, Ruth 1:18, Isaiah 66:10
are with you 3× Genesis 8:17, Genesis 20:16, 2 Kings 10:2
as well as 3× Deuteronomy 29:15, Deuteronomy 29:19, 2 Kings 23:2
for 3× Joshua 15:18, Ruth 2:11, Isaiah 66:10
for you 3× Deuteronomy 1:30, Deuteronomy 10:21, 1 Samuel 12:7
from me 3× 1 Kings 20:36, 1 Kings 22:24, 2 Chronicles 18:23
is with 3× Proverbs 13:10, Isaiah 49:4
of you 3× 2 Samuel 3:13, 1 Kings 2:16, Jeremiah 5:18
on 3× Numbers 31:2, 2 Chronicles 24:24, Isaiah 66:16
them 3× Genesis 40:4, Deuteronomy 2:6, 1 Kings 20:23
with [the LORD] 3× Exodus 34:29, Exodus 34:35, Numbers 7:89
accompanied by 2× 1 Samuel 26:2, 1 Kings 20:1
against them 2× Jeremiah 1:16, Jeremiah 4:12
allied with him 2× Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:17
along 2× Genesis 22:3, Proverbs 1:11
among them 2× Leviticus 16:16, 1 Samuel 25:15
among us 2× Genesis 34:10, Genesis 34:23
by 2× 1 Samuel 25:29, Nehemiah 6:16
close 2× 2 Kings 11:8, 2 Chronicles 23:7
from him 2× Leviticus 25:36, 2 Kings 5:20
has 2× Jeremiah 23:28
in 2× 1 Samuel 22:4, Psalms 21:6
is with Him 2× Isaiah 40:10, Isaiah 62:11
is with us 2× Numbers 14:9, Jeremiah 8:8
is with you 2× Genesis 43:3, Genesis 43:5
of 2× Joshua 11:20, Zephaniah 1:18
on him 2× 2 Kings 25:6, Jeremiah 39:5
to him 2× Genesis 17:3, Leviticus 6:4
to us 2× Genesis 42:30, Zechariah 1:6
upon him 2× Ezekiel 17:20, Ezekiel 38:22
with [him] 2× Deuteronomy 5:24, Jeremiah 52:32
with anyone 2× 1 Kings 22:31, 2 Chronicles 18:30
with it 2× Leviticus 20:16, Ezekiel 31:17
within you 2× Proverbs 2:1, Proverbs 7:1
[alone] 1× Numbers 18:1
[come] with me 1× Song Of Solomon 4:8
[is] from Me 1× Isaiah 54:17
[is] with You 1× Job 14:5
[Joseph] 1× Genesis 45:1
[to Jehoiachin] 1× Jeremiah 52:32
[was] with him 1× Genesis 39:3
[was] with you 1× Genesis 9:10
[were] with him 1× Esther 3:1
[you show] 1× 2 Samuel 16:17
about [Egypt] 1× Ezekiel 32:21
adding to 1× 1 Kings 11:25
against me 1× Psalms 109:2
alone 1× Job 19:4
along with you 1× Ezekiel 47:22
alongside Me 1× Exodus 20:23
also with 1× Deuteronomy 29:15
am with 1× Jeremiah 42:11
am with them 1× Ezekiel 34:30
an offering from 1× Zechariah 6:10
and also from 1× Ruth 4:5
and among 1× Daniel 1:19
and by 1× Ezekiel 6:9
and by them 1× Joel 2:19
and his 1× Judges 8:4
and sell herself 1× Isaiah 23:17
and with him 1× 2 Samuel 16:18
And with Solomon 1× 1 Kings 1:44
and you have 1× 2 Kings 10:2
and your 1× Genesis 9:9
anything with them 1× 2 Samuel 12:17
as his assistant 1× Exodus 31:6
before 1× Micah 6:1
behind 1× 2 Samuel 14:19
belonged 1× Genesis 27:15
beside you 1× Proverbs 3:29
but with 1× Proverbs 11:2
compared to 1× Jeremiah 23:28
do we have 1× 1 Samuel 9:7
for us 1× Jeremiah 21:2
for You [resounds] 1× Psalms 22:25
from among 1× Numbers 3:9
from among you 1× Exodus 35:5
from what belongs 1× Numbers 31:28
from you 1× 2 Kings 2:10
had 1× Exodus 35:23
help 1× Joshua 14:12
her 1× 2 Samuel 13:14
his 1× Genesis 32:7
I have 1× Jeremiah 13:25
I made with you 1× Ezekiel 16:60
I send 1× Jeremiah 51:53
If I have 1× Genesis 30:33
in their presence 1× Isaiah 30:8
is near 1× 1 Kings 9:26
is on my side 1× 2 Kings 9:32
is with me 1× Jeremiah 20:11
it with you 1× Exodus 18:22
kindly with me 1× Psalms 109:21
My 1× 1 Kings 12:24
My doing 1× 2 Chronicles 11:4
near 1× Judges 3:19
near Me 1× Exodus 33:21
next to 1× Ezekiel 43:8
of us 1× Psalms 74:9
on [Zedekiah] 1× Jeremiah 52:9
or 1× 2 Chronicles 18:30
or withheld from me 1× Psalms 66:20
surround 1× Ezekiel 2:6
that 1× Numbers 32:32
themselves 1× Genesis 14:8
through you 1× 1 Kings 6:12
to [Israel] 1× 2 Kings 13:23
to be shared 1× Proverbs 5:17
to be with 1× Ezekiel 31:18
to have it 1× Genesis 44:9
to him privately 1× 2 Samuel 3:27
to Jehoiachin 1× 2 Kings 25:28
to you 1× Haggai 2:5
together 1× Proverbs 8:31
together with 1× Ezra 8:19
together with these offerings 1× Leviticus 14:11
toward You 1× Jeremiah 12:3
under 1× Jeremiah 52:14
under my care 1× Genesis 30:29
us 1× Psalms 67:1
was near 1× Judges 4:11
was with [Joseph] 1× Genesis 39:23
was with Me 1× Isaiah 63:3
We own 1× Psalms 12:4
will accompany them 1× Ezekiel 38:5
will be with you 1× Isaiah 43:2
will go with 1× 2 Samuel 19:36
with [Abraham] 1× Genesis 17:22
with [Egypt] 1× Ezekiel 30:5
with [his brothers] 1× Genesis 43:16
with [his nurse] 1× 2 Kings 11:3
with [Moses] 1× Exodus 31:18
with [the cup] 1× Genesis 44:10
with [the Israelites] 1× 2 Kings 17:35
With him [was] 1× Exodus 38:23
with him violently 1× Judges 8:1
with me here 1× Genesis 39:8
With the help of 1× Genesis 4:1
you and with 1× Exodus 34:27
You have 1× Judges 7:2
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 4:1 אֶת־ to With the help of Preposition Genesis 5:22 אֶת־ to with Preposition Genesis 5:24 אֶת־ to with Preposition Genesis 6:9 אֶת־ to with Preposition Genesis 6:13 אֶת־ to and Preposition Genesis 6:18 אִתָּ֑ךְ to with you Preposition | second person masculine singular Genesis 6:18 אִתָּֽךְ׃ to with you Preposition | second person masculine singular Genesis 6:19 אִתָּ֑ךְ to with you Preposition | second person masculine singular Genesis 7:7 אִתּ֖וֹ to with Preposition | third person masculine singular Genesis 7:13 אִתָּ֖ם to - Preposition | third person masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 4:1
Aligned rows 929
Books represented 35
Genesis 140 Exodus 46 Leviticus 31 Numbers 56 Deuteronomy 26 Joshua 33 Judges 36 Ruth 8 1 Samuel 43 2 Samuel 62 1 Kings 45 2 Kings 59 1 Chronicles 7 2 Chronicles 20 Ezra 2 Nehemiah 5 Esther 4 Job 7 Psalms 26 Proverbs 25 Song Of Solomon 2 Isaiah 46 Jeremiah 102 Ezekiel 65 Daniel 2 Hosea 3 Joel 1 Amos 1 Obadiah 1 Micah 4 Habakkuk 1 Zephaniah 2 Haggai 3 Zechariah 11 Malachi 4
Source forms
אֶת־ 232x ’eṯ- Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9
מֵאֵ֣ת 40x mê·’êṯ Genesis 17:27, Genesis 25:10, Genesis 38:1, Genesis 43:34
אִתּ֖וֹ 36x ’it·tōw Genesis 7:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:1, Genesis 9:8
וְאֶת־ 35x wə·’eṯ- Genesis 14:2, Genesis 37:2, Exodus 34:27, Exodus 35:16
אִתּ֔וֹ 25x ’it·tōw Genesis 14:5, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 45:1, Genesis 46:7
מֵאֵ֥ת 22x mê·’êṯ Genesis 19:24, Genesis 27:30, Genesis 49:32, Exodus 5:20
אִתּֽוֹ׃ 21x ’it·tōw Genesis 8:18, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 34:6, Genesis 35:13
אִתּ֑וֹ 20x ’it·tōw Genesis 14:17, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 39:3, Genesis 39:23
Parsing patterns
Preposition 205x Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9
Preposition | third person masculine singular 153x Genesis 7:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:1, Genesis 8:18
Preposition-m | Direct object marker 112x Genesis 17:27, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 23:20, Genesis 25:10
Preposition | second person masculine singular 77x Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:17
Preposition | first person common singular 54x Genesis 14:24, Genesis 30:29, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 33:15
Preposition | third person masculine plural 51x Genesis 7:13, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 23:8
Preposition | second person masculine plural 48x Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:10, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:12
Direct object marker 44x Genesis 19:27, Genesis 23:8, Genesis 26:8, Genesis 32:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Marks proximity or association; fundamentally expresses spatial nearness, extended metaphorically to relationships and agency.
Source Gloss
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near ; hence, generally, with , by , at , among , etc.
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Marks proximity or association; fundamentally expresses spatial nearness, extended metaphorically to relationships and agency.
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc. BDB: with Usage: against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
Grammatical Forms
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Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain