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[b-hebrew] Why )ET instead of )"T

From: Michael Abernathy <mabernathy AT conwaycorp.net>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Why )ET instead of )"T
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:17:04 -0500

I was just reading Genesis 37:2 when I noticed that the word for with is written the same as the direct object marker where it says Joseph was shepherding the flock with his brothers.

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HAYAH RO)EH(ET-(EXAYN

Does this reflect an alternate pronunciation, was the scribe suggesting that Joseph was supervising his brothers, or is there another reason for the spelling?
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy

[b-hebrew] Why )ET instead of )"T, Michael Abernathy, 06/17/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] Why )ET instead of )"T, Pere Porta, 06/17/2011
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Why )ET instead of )"T, Michael Abernathy, 06/17/2011
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Why )ET instead of )"T, Pere Porta, 06/18/2011
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Why )ET instead of )"T, Petr Tomasek, 06/18/2011
        
        [b-hebrew] segol, Isaac Fried, 06/19/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] Why )ET instead of )"T, K Randolph, 06/17/2011