אֵת (et)
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Word Overview
The Hebrew word ’eth is a preposition that primarily indicates proximity, translating to "with," "near," or "together with." It describes close association, whether involving companionship, physical location, or possession. Unlike the more general term for "with" (im), ’eth suggests a tighter bond, implying that the parties involved are in immediate contact or sharing a specific space or relationship.
Its usage is most prominent in Genesis, where it frequently marks objects of action or states of being near someone. The sources note that while it often combines with other prepositions to form complex phrases like "from with," its core function remains the indication of closeness. This distinction is vital for understanding how Hebrew speakers conceptualized relationships and physical presence, emphasizing direct connection over abstract association.
The word appears in 723 verses, reflecting its fundamental role in constructing sentences that describe interaction. Its prevalence in Genesis highlights how early biblical narratives rely on this term to establish the immediate context of events and relationships, grounding theological concepts in tangible, nearness-based language.
Based on public-domain lexicons (Strong's, Thayer, Gesenius, Brown-Driver-Briggs and others).
What This Word Means for Your Faith
The Hebrew word ’eth carries a sense of immediate proximity and tangible connection. It is not just about being near someone in a general sense, but sharing a specific space or relationship. This word helps us understand how biblical writers viewed companionship as something concrete and real.
When the text says Enoch walked with God, it uses this term to show a close, ongoing partnership. It suggests that faith is not an abstract idea but a daily reality lived out in close association with the Divine. This closeness offers comfort, reminding us that we are never truly alone in our journeys.
Similarly, when Noah and his family entered the ark, they did so together. The word emphasizes their shared experience and mutual dependence. It reminds us that community and covenant involve walking side by side, facing challenges and blessings as one group bound by trust.
How it's translated
How this word is rendered word-by-word in the 723 verses where it appears, by frequency.
- with188×
- from/ with111×
- with/ you94×
- with/ him80×
- with/ them43×
- with/ me38×
- and/ with31×
- [were] with/ him27×
- [was] with/ him21×
- with/ us18×
- from/ with <the>/ you10×
- from/ with <the>/ me9×
Forms in the text
The inflected forms of this word as they appear in Scripture, by frequency.
- אֶת\־191×
- מֵ/אֵ֣ת36×
- אִתּ֖/וֹ34×
- וְ/אֶת\־33×
- אִתּ֔/וֹ25×
- מֵ/אֵ֥ת21×
- אִתּֽ/וֹ\׃20×
- אִתּ֑/וֹ17×
- מֵ/אֵ֖ת16×
- אִתָּ֑/ךְ15×
- אִתּ֗/וֹ14×
- אִתְּ/כֶ֑ם12×
Key Verses
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Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
This verse uses the word to describe Enoch's intimate, continuous partnership with God, which resulted in him being taken directly by Him.
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Genesis 6:18
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
Here the word establishes the covenant relationship between God and Noah, indicating a binding agreement that includes his entire household.
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Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.
The term expands the scope of the covenant to include all living creatures with Noah, highlighting universal inclusion in God's promise.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Hebrew word ’eth mean?
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Every Occurrence (723 verses across 34 books)
Genesis 122 verses
The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”
Genesis 5:22After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and…
Genesis 5:24Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
Genesis 6:9This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah…
Genesis 6:13God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will…
Genesis 6:18But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’…
Genesis 6:19Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They…
Genesis 7:7Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.
Genesis 7:13In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with…
Genesis 7:23Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and…
Genesis 8:1God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass…
Genesis 8:8He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
Genesis 8:16“Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.
Genesis 8:17Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping…
Genesis 8:18Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.
Genesis 9:8God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 9:9“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
Genesis 9:10and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of…
Genesis 9:11I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will…
Genesis 9:12God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with…
Genesis 11:31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife.…
Genesis 12:4So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Genesis 13:5Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.
Genesis 14:2they made war with Bera, king of Sodom; Birsha, king of Gomorrah; Shinab, king of Admah; Shemeber, king of Zeboiim; and…
Genesis 14:5In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim,…
Genesis 14:8The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called…
Genesis 14:9against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings…
Genesis 14:17The king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with…
Genesis 14:24I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me:…
Genesis 15:18In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of…
Genesis 17:3Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
Genesis 17:4“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:19God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant…
Genesis 17:21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
Genesis 17:22When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
Genesis 17:23Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among…
Genesis 17:27All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with…
Genesis 19:13for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent…
Genesis 19:24Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
Genesis 19:27Abraham went up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.
Genesis 20:16To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of…
Genesis 21:2Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 21:20God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.
Genesis 22:3Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son.…
Genesis 23:8He talked with them, saying, “If you agree that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to…
Genesis 23:20The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial…
Genesis 24:32The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his…
Genesis 24:40He said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife…
Genesis 24:49Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or…
Genesis 24:55Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
Genesis 25:10the field which Abraham purchased from the children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.
Genesis 26:8When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold,…
Genesis 26:24Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with…
Genesis 26:27Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”
Genesis 26:31They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from…
Genesis 27:15Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her…
Genesis 27:30As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau…
Genesis 28:4and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you…
Genesis 30:29Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
Genesis 30:33So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that…
Genesis 31:25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in…
Genesis 33:15Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me.” He said, “Why? Let me find favor in the…
Genesis 33:18Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped…
Genesis 34:2Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
Genesis 34:5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held…
Genesis 34:6Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
Genesis 34:8Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
Genesis 34:9Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
Genesis 34:10You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.”
Genesis 34:16then will we give our daughters to you; and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will…
Genesis 34:21“These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large…
Genesis 34:22Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is…
Genesis 34:23Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and…
Genesis 35:13God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
Genesis 35:14Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it,…
Genesis 35:15Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.
Genesis 37:2This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his…
Genesis 38:1At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Genesis 39:2Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:3His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand.
Genesis 39:6He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate.…
Genesis 39:8But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has…
Genesis 39:21But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Genesis 39:23The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that…
Genesis 40:4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.
Genesis 40:7He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Genesis 40:14But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me…
Genesis 41:9Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today.
Genesis 41:12There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted…
Genesis 42:4But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
Genesis 42:7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He…
Genesis 42:13They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest…
Genesis 42:16Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is…
Genesis 42:24He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among…
Genesis 42:30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
Genesis 42:32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of…
Genesis 42:33The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers…
Genesis 43:3Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is…
Genesis 43:4If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food;
Genesis 43:5but if you don’t send him, we won’t go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is…
Genesis 43:8Judah said to Israel, his father, “Send the boy with me, and we’ll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die,…
Genesis 43:16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an…
Genesis 43:32They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the…
Genesis 43:34He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank,…
Genesis 44:9With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”
Genesis 44:10He said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be…
Genesis 44:23You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’
Genesis 44:26We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s…
Genesis 44:28One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.
Genesis 44:30Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the…
Genesis 44:34For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”
Genesis 45:1Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go…
Genesis 45:15He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.
Genesis 46:6They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and…
Genesis 46:7his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with…
Genesis 46:15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons…
Genesis 47:22Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which…
Genesis 49:30in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with…
Genesis 49:32the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
Genesis 50:7Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the…
Genesis 50:13for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham…
Genesis 50:14Joseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried…