אֵת

et

Hebrew H0853 Particle 10,937 occurrences in 6,751 verses
אֵת [Obj.]

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Aramaic equivalent: yat (יָת "whom" H3487)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 6,751 verses

  1. 1 Samuel 30:14 וְאֶת־

    We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

  2. 1 Samuel 30:18 אֵ֛תוְאֶת־

    So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

  3. And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”

  4. When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

  5. 1 Samuel 30:22 אֶת־וְאֶת־

    but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

  6. 1 Samuel 30:23 אֵ֠תאֹתָ֔נוּאֶֽת־

    But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.

  7. 1 Samuel 31:2 אֶת־וְאֶת־אֶת־וְאֶת־וְאֶת־

    The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

  8. 1 Samuel 31:4 אֶת־

    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

  9. 1 Samuel 31:7 אֶת־

    When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.

  10. 1 Samuel 31:8 אֶת־אֶת־וְאֶת־

    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

  11. 1 Samuel 31:9 אֶת־אֶת־וְאֶת־

    They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.

  12. 1 Samuel 31:10 אֶת־וְאֶת־

    They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

  13. When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

  14. 1 Samuel 31:12 אֶת־וְאֵת֙אֹתָ֖ם

    all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

  15. Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

  16. 2 Samuel 1:1 אֶת־

    After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

  17. 2 Samuel 1:14 אֶת־

    So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

  18. 2 Samuel 1:16 אֶת־

    For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

  19. 2 Samuel 1:17 אֶת־

    Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

  20. 2 Samuel 2:4 אֶת־אֶת־

    Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

  21. 2 Samuel 2:5 אֹתֽוֹ׃

    So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.

  22. 2 Samuel 2:7 אֹתִ֗י

    Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”

  23. 2 Samuel 2:8 אֶת־

    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

  24. 2 Samuel 2:21 אֶת־

    So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

  25. 2 Samuel 2:29 אֶת־

    And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

  26. 2 Samuel 2:30 אֶת־

    When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,

  27. 2 Samuel 2:32 אֶת־

    Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

  28. 2 Samuel 3:10 אֶת־

    to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”

  29. 2 Samuel 3:11 אֶת־אֹתֽוֹ׃ס

    And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

  30. 2 Samuel 3:12 אֶת־

    Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

  31. 2 Samuel 3:13 אֶת־אֵ֚תאֶת־

    “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

  32. 2 Samuel 3:14 אֶת־אֶת־

    Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

  33. 2 Samuel 3:17 אֶת־

    Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.

  34. 2 Samuel 3:18 אֶת־

    Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”

  35. 2 Samuel 3:19 אֵ֤ת

    Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.

  36. 2 Samuel 3:21 אֶת־אֶת־

    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

  37. 2 Samuel 3:25 אֶת־אֶת־וְאֶת־אֵ֛ת

    Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”

  38. 2 Samuel 3:26 אֹת֖וֹ

    As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David was unaware of it.

  39. 2 Samuel 3:30 אֶת־

    (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

  40. 2 Samuel 3:32 אֶת־אֶת־

    When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.

  41. 2 Samuel 3:35 אֶת־

    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”

  42. 2 Samuel 3:37 אֶת־

    So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

  43. 2 Samuel 4:5 אֵ֖ת

    Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

  44. 2 Samuel 4:7 אֶת־אֶת־

    They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

  45. 2 Samuel 4:8 אֶת־אֶת־

    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

  46. 2 Samuel 4:9 אֶת־וְאֶת־אֶת־

    But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

  47. 2 Samuel 4:11 אֶת־אֶת־אֶתְכֶ֖ם

    How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”

  48. 2 Samuel 4:12 אֶת־אֶת־וְאֶת־וְאֵ֨ת

    So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

  49. 2 Samuel 5:2 אֶת־אֶת־אֶת־

    Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

  50. 2 Samuel 5:3 אֶת־

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

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