Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Polycarp66 AT aol.com]

In a message dated 5/22/2002 9:59:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, danserve4x AT yahoo.com writes:


> I recently purchased a Hebrew Bible and began to peruse it, starting at
> the beginning.  I recognized most of the words in Genesis 1:1 and I now
> understand each except for the word "et" that appears to be used twice,
> once by itself and the second time with a vav prefix, I assume indicating
> the "and."  My question is this:  what is the function of this word?  It
> doesn't seem to me to have any word-for-word correspondence with the
> English translations, so what is the idea behind it?


)"T is simply the sign of the accusative or object of the verb in this verse.  It can function as a preposition meaning "with" (though some might claim that it is a totally different word).

GfSomsel