> Does the particle "et" (alef tav) have an English meaning?
>
> Can it only relate a verb to a noun, or can it relate noun to noun like an
> English preposition?
't is a homonym with two separate lexical lemmas according to the standard
lexicons:
1. 'et - the marker of the definite direct object or accusative case (not
translatable)
2. 'et (or /'itt-/ - the preposition "with"
As usual, context will determine which is meant in a specific location.
Blessings,
Kirk
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Kirk E. Lowery, PhD
President & Senior Research Fellow
The J. Alan Groves Center for Advanced Biblical Research
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