To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Et (Genesis 1:1)
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 11:02:58 -0400
>===== Original Message From "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu> =====
>The et indicates the accusative only when the accusative
>is also marked by the definite "the" "he".
Just a tiny clarification--the accusative should be definite, but it doesn't
have to be marked with the determined state (definite article, he-prefix). A
proper noun, for instance, requires no such marking to be definite.