To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Et (Genesis 1:1)
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 11:05:07 -0400
>===== Original Message From Polycarp66 AT aol.com =====
>It can function as a preposition meaning "with" (though some
>might claim that it is a totally different word).
Unless I'm mistaken, "some" includes the Masoretes, who added the voweling
and
accents to the biblical text. In some forms the two are voweled identically,
but in others they are distinct.