# את
## Aramaic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronoun

אַתְּ • (ʾatt) m sg (plural אַתּוּן (ʾattūn), feminine אַתִּי (ʾattī) or אַתְּ (ʾatt), feminine plural אַתֵּין (ʾattēn))
* Alternative form of אַנְתְּ (ʾant)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

אַתְּ • (ʾatt) f sg
* feminine singular of אַתְּ (ʾatt)

## Hebrew
### Etymology 1

Related to Phoenician 𐤀𐤉𐤕 (ʾyt), Punic 𐤀𐤕 (ʾt), and Aramaic ית.

#### Pronunciation

* (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /ʔitʰ/
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔeːθ/, [ˈʔeː.eθ], /ʔɛθ-/, [ʔɛθ-]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔeθ/, [ˈʔeːθ], /ʔaθ-/, [ʔæθ-]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)et/
* (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA: /ʔeθ/
* (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)et/
* (Italian Hebrew) IPA: /ed/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /ejs/, /ɛs-/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)et/
* Audio (Israel):(file)

#### Preposition

אֵת, אֶת־ • (et, et-)
* Used to introduce a semantically definite direct object.
** Tanach, Genesis 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ:bereshít bará elohím et hashamáyim ve'ét ha'árets.In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
** Tanach, Deuteronomy 6:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָֽבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ:veahávta et adonáy elohékha b'khól levav'khá uv'khól nafshekhá uv'khól me'odékhaAnd thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
** 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Scar (Eli Gorenstein):אני הרגתי את מופסה!Aní harágti et Mufása!I killed Mufasa!
** 2019 October 31, Naomi Niddam, Local Call‎:את ספרו החשוב הראשון פירסם בישראל בשנות ה-70, ובחר לכתוב אותו בערבית ספרותיתEt sifró hakhashúv harishón pirsém b'yisraél bishnót hashiv'ím, uvakhár likhtóv otó be'aravít sifrutít.He published his first important book in Israel in the 70s, and chose to write it in Literary Arabic.

##### Usage notes

* In the event of a semantically indefinite direct object, את is not used; instead, the direct object is unmarked. In general, את is used when the direct object is a proper noun, a personal pronoun (in which case it is incorporated into the form of את), a noun phrase beginning with ה־ (ha-, “the”), or a noun phrase headed by a noun compound ending in one of these.

##### Inflection

1. The forms etkhém and etkhén are considered more correct, but the forms otkhém and otkhén are also common in everyday usage.

#### Further reading

H853 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Akkadian 𒀉𒋾 (itti, “with”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /ʔitʰ/
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔeːθ/, [ˈʔeː.eθ], /ʔɛθ-/, [ʔɛθ-]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔeθ/, [ˈʔeːθ], /ʔaθ-/, [ʔæθ-]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)et/
* (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA: /ʔeθ/
* (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)et/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /ejs/, /ɛs-/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)et/
* Audio (Israel):(file)

#### Preposition

אֵת, אֶת־ • (et, et-) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
* (Biblical Hebrew) To, with.
** 2015 September 29, Ran Boker, “לונדון את קירשנבאום תשודר כמו בימי חייו של מוטי (“London et Kirschenbaum will be broadcasted like [the way it was] in the lifetime of Moti”)”, in ynet:
** Tanach, Genesis 39:2, with translation of the King James Version:וַיְהִי יְהוָה אֶת יוֹסֵףvayhí adonáy et yosefAnd the Lord was with Joseph

##### Usage notes

* The inflected forms of the otherwise archaic sense “to” or “with” are still used, but now belong to the (suppletive) preposition עִם (im, “with”).
* In modern sources, the separate use of אֵת as meaning 'with', is influenced more by Romance et. (see quote above)

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanti.

#### Pronunciation

* (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /ʔatʰtʰ/
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔatʰ/, [ˈʔaː.atʰ]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔatʰ/, [ˈʔæːtʰ]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)æt/
* (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA: /ʔat/
* (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)at/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)at/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)at/

#### Pronoun

אַתְּ • (át) f (Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָתְּ)
* You, thou: (the feminine singular second-person personal pronoun).

##### Usage notes

* In Mishnaic sources, the second-person masculine singular is inflected exactly as the feminine singular should be.

#### See also
### Etymology 4
#### Noun

אֹת • (ot) m (plural אֹתֹת or אֹתוֹת)
* (rare, Biblical Hebrew) defective spelling of אוֹת: sign.

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔeːθ/, [ˈʔeː.eθ]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔeθ/, [ˈʔeːθ]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)et/
* (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA: /ʔeθ/
* (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)et/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /ejs/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)et/

#### Noun

אֵת • (et) m (plural indefinite אִתִּים, singular construct אֵת־, plural construct אִתֵּי־)
* shovel
* spade

##### Usage notes

* in addition to the pronunciation אִתִּים (itím) the plural is also pronounced אֵתִים (etím)

### Anagrams

* תא, ת״א