The Hebrew word Et

[yonah_mishael]

Actually, if I remember correctly, the first occurrence of the word "et," alef/tav in the first sentence of Genesis is there for no purpose whatsoever...

It certainly has a purpose.

 

[A_Pioneer]

If you're referring to the particle את, I think such a claim would demand proof. You can say that you interpret it that way, but the word itself certainly doesn't mean that. Or, are you just talking about א and ת as the first and last letters of the alphabet in the same way that Α and Ω are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet?

Like proving Y H V H created the Torah in the beginning?
ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[yedida]

It certainly has a purpose.

If you'll notice, I prefaced my statement with an "iirc" meaning this is something I've been taught or have read somewhere in the past.

 

[ChavaK]

Actually, if I remember correctly, the first occurrence of the word "et," alef/tav in the first sentence of Genesis is there for no purpose whatsoever; that even the sages have been baffled by it's appearance there.

Do you happen to remember were you learned this?
As Yonah said, it most definitely has a purpose...nothing baffling about it.

 

[yedida]

Do you happen to remember were you learned this?
As Yonah said, it most definitely has a purpose...nothing baffling about it.

I wish I could, it was well over 5 years ago. I wouldn't even know where to begin to look. sorry. Because it does conflict with other things that I've more recently learned, such as every letter, even the spaces between the letters have purpose (in the Scroll).

 

[ChavaK]

I wish I could, it was well over 5 years ago. I wouldn't even know where to begin to look. sorry. Because it does conflict with other things that I've more recently learned, such as every letter, even the spaces between the letters have purpose (in the Scroll).

I was just curious who was teaching this...oh well

 

[yonah_mishael]

No one want to guess why it says vi a una persona in the above example? It really would make the point about the Hebrew particle את!

 

[yedida]

Does it make a differentiation between a generic and specific subject? I haven't a clue.

 

[yonah_mishael]

In Spanish, you add an untranslatable a before a personal direct object! That means, before PEOPLE you say a! Isn't that strange? To say vi una persona is a grammatical mistake, since una persona (a person) is a human being. You have to say vi a una persona.

So, even though we don't translate את into English, it still bears an important function in marking the direct object when it is definite. It is a grammatical particle, like the Spanish a personal. Grammatical markers are as important as anything else, as in Greek we have case endings to mark noun functions. We might term those meaningless (especially the accusative) in terms of English, but that doesn't make them meaningless to Greek!

 

[yedida]

In Spanish, you add an untranslatable a before a personal direct object! That means, before PEOPLE you say a! Isn't that strange? To say vi una persona is a grammatical mistake, since una persona (a person) is a human being. You have to say vi a una persona.

So, even though we don't translate את into English, it still bears an important function in marking the direct object when it is definite. It is a grammatical particle, like the Spanish a personal. Grammatical markers are as important as anything else, as in Greek we have case endings to mark noun functions. We might term those meaningless (especially the accusative) in terms of English, but that doesn't make them meaningless to Greek!

That's kind of what I had in mind when I said it differentiated between the generic and specific. But didn't realize it was as simple as the way you put it. Live and learn.

 

[rakovsky]

If you do the same kind of symbol study of the ... name YHWH, you get the following

Yod - Hand
Hay - Reveal
Waw - Nail
​

So Yod-Hay-Waw-Hay = the hand revealed, the nail revealed
some put it this way - Behold the hand, behold the nail

That has sounded remarkable to me, Pat.
But I also came across Victomte's very different interpretation of YHWH based on symbol study, and that adds major doubt to my mind if the symbol study is even legitimate for very many words, such as YHWH:
Here is Vicomte's message:
WHO is God?

Here is a thread I made:
Judaism Issue: Has anyone in the past read YHWH's letters acronymically per their pictoral meaning?