origination: 1 K 1:27 הַמֶּלֶךְ נִהְיָה אִם מֵאֵת אֲדֹנִי Especially מֵאֵת י׳ —of a concrete object proceeding from him: Gn 19:24 (brimstone), Nu 11:31 (a wind), 16:35 (fire), 1 S 16:14 (evil spirit), Is 38:7 (a sign), Je 51:53 (wasters), Mi 5:6 (dew); of wrath Zc 7:12 ( cf. Nu 17:1 1), teaching Is 51:4 , the word of prophecy Je 7:1 (so 11:1 ; 18:1 + often in Je) 37:17 Ez 33:3 0; with ‘have I (we) heard’ Is 21:10 ; 28:22 Je 49:14 ( = Ob 1); of an event, or phase of history Jos 11:20 מֵאֵת י׳ הָֽיְתָה it came of י׳ to …, 1 K 12:24 Hb 2:13 ψ 118:23 מֵאֵת י׳ הָֽיְתָה זֹאת ( Ö παρὰ Κυρίου ) Ezr 9:8 Ne 6:1 6; of trouble ( רָעָה ) 2 K 6:33 Mi 1:12 ( יָרַד ); of a good or evil lot, having its source in י׳ Je 13:25 Is 54:17 ψ 109:20 , cf. Jb 2:1 0; ψ 22:26 מֵאִתְּךָ תְהִלָּתִי from thee cometh my praise (thou art the source of it); Is 44:24 Qr מֵאִתִּי of myself ( cf. ἀπ᾽ ἐµαυτοῦ John 5:3 0; Kt is מִי אִתִּי who was with me?), 54:15 אֶפֶס מֵאֹותִי not at my instance ( cf. לֹא מִנִּי 30: 1, לֹא מִמֶּנִּי Ho 8: 4). d. of a place • 1 K 6:33 (corrupt: read with Ö ã É [partly] מְזוּזֹת רְבֻעֹות , & cf. Ez 41:2 1).
Note
.
אֵת
expresses closer association than
עִם
: hence while
מֵעִם
sometimes denotes hardly more than
from the surroundings
or
belongings of
,
מֵאֵת
expresses
from close proximity to
. Thus Saul asks,
מִי הָלַךָ מֵעִמָּנוּ
who has gone
from
(those)
about
us? but Jacob, speaking of the loss of Joseph, says,
Gn 44:28
וַיֵּצֵא הָאֶחָד מֵאִתִּי
and the one is gone
from with
me.
מֵאֵת
is accordingly preferred to
מֵעִם
in the sense of origination or authorship;
מאת
is not usual in the sense of
מֵעִם
c
, nor
מֵעִם
in the sense of
מֵאֵת
b.
• אֶתְבַּ˜עַל S 856 GK 909 n.pr.m. Ethbaal ( with Baal , i.e. living under B .’s favour; Ἰθόβαλος, Εἰθώβαλος Jos Ant. viii, 13, 1, viii, 13, 2,
name, in Assyrian Tuba˒lu , v. COT Gn 10:15 ) king of Sidon, father of Jezebel 1 K 16:31 .
•
אִתַּי
S
863
GK
915
n.pr.m.
(
perhaps from
אֵת
with
=
companionable
)
—1.
one of David’s captains, a native of Gath
2 S 15:19
,
21
,
22
(×2);
18:2
,
5
,
12
.
2.
one of David’s 30 mighty men, a Benjamite
2 S 23:29
(in
1 Ch 11:31
אִתַי
var.
אִיתַי
).
Qr
Q
erê.
B
Vatican MS. of Septuagint.
Jos
Fl. Josephus, Antiquities
COT
The Cuneiform Inscr. & the Old Test. (Eng. Trans. of
KAT
2;, by O.H. Whitehouse).
var.
variant reading.