The Eternal Self: The “circuit of the earth” is her course of travel through eternity.
Strongs Definitions gives:
אֵת ʼêth, ayth; apparent[ly] contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):—[as such unrepresented in English].
Strongs H226 אות is the mark, sign, as turning or spinning:
The Sign. Man in the Middle.
Strongs #226. Hebrew אות, a sign, mark. The Hebrew letter ו is the letter/number for “man” or “peg”. The “Man” is in the middle and is surrounded by the Eternal Self (a.k.a. “the hidden man of the heart” 1 Pet. 3:4), the “first” and the “last”, the “alpha” and the “omega”, in Hebrew the א and ת. This first appears in the context of Cain, i.e. “mark of Cain.”
את. Strong’s #853 et. This is has been called “the untranslatable mark of the accusative” but it has never been fully understood. It constitutes the first and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Surely there is a reason?
This mark has perplexed rabbis and scholars since time immemorial as to its origins. Rabbi Akiva, a Jewish scholar of the 1st century AD, called it a mark of “the divine hand”.
The “O”
Revelation gives a hint to its meaning in the Greek: “I Myself am the Alpha and the Ω, the origin and the end…” (Revelation 1:8 RBT). The “O”? In the Greek the letter itself is given a definite article. It is not “the Omega” but “the O.” Why?
It’s About You
This crucial word את occurs over 11,000 times, especially in the Torah. Hence, the Torah plays a central role in the eternal Life, the eternal Now, and the eternal Self. Not as a dispensation, not as old rules or regulations, but as a cast seed to be completed, consummated within the last Day. But what on earth does it mean? There are actually several more meanings to consider:
- את. Strong’s #854 is a meaning rendered “with” or “near”. #854 “with” is listed as occurring over 800 times. What is particularly notable is that the #854 meaning “with” is always used with people (i.e. near-him) with a few exceptions to localities (i.e. with Kadesh). It is never used with objects (i.e. near-the tree).
- את. Strong’s #855 is a meaning rendered “plowshare” and “mattock.” This meaning is listed for only five instances.
- את. Strong’s #859 Last is the primary meaning “you/yourself” singular. We are told that the feminine suffix is added create the masculine singular אתה (attah) “you” and without the feminine suffix it is…feminine? In other places with feminine nouns, the same word אתה (attah) means the feminine “her/it”. This is confusing on all Hebrew grammatical grounds. This inconsistent pattern is used even today in modern Hebrew where attah means “you” masculine, and at means “you” feminine. There are a lot of serious grammatical gender inconsistencies occurring around this word. If it is merely a matter of the language evolving then the word can be taken as a rather meaningless “particle” and doesn’t matter, and can be left out of the Bible, as all translations do. If it is merely an accusative marker, it is quite pointless as anyone can see the action of the verb in Genesis 1:1, “He created את the heavens את the earth”. The suffix “-ah” was added by Adam in Genesis 2 to “ish” when he generated the woman, giving “ish-ah” based on her being “taken from out of” a man, this seems to provide the rule for the suffix.
It was from contexts like these that led scholars to define at as feminine “you”:
Behold, now I have perceived a beautiful woman of sight of את…
Genesis 12:11 RBT
…daughter/built one, who is את ?
And she is saying toward himself, “A daughter/built one of the House of God is myself [אנכי].”
Genesis 24:23 RBT
The Hebrew אנכי (anoki) is what I call the “super me” or “super self” as it is an emphatic of an emphatic אני (ani), which is a more typical “I” or “myself.”
While the masculine singular “you” (attah) is listed as occurring over 1000 times. Only 50 times out of 11,000 occurrences is it given the feminine singular “you.”
| Ref | Heb | Morphology |
|---|---|---|
| Gen.12.11-17 | אָתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Gen.12.13-04 | אָתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Gen.24.23-04 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Gen.24.47-06 | אַתְּ֒ | HPp2fs |
| Gen.24.60-07 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Gen.39.9-14 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Jdg.9.10-05 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Jdg.9.12-05 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Jdg.13.3-10 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Rut.3.9-03 | אָתּ | HPp2fs |
| Rut.3.10-03 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Rut.3.11-18 | אָתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Rut.3.16-06 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| 1Sa.25.33-04 | אָתְּ | HPp2fs |
| 1Ki.2.15-02 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| 1Ki.2.22-07 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| 1Ki.14.2-10.K | אַתִּי | HPp2fs |
| 1Ki.14.2-10.Q | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| 1Ki.14.6-15 | אַ֚תְּ | HPp2fs |
| 2Ki.4.16-06.K | אַתִּי | HPp2fs |
| 2Ki.4.16-06.Q | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| 2Ki.4.23-03.K | אַתִּי | HPp2fs |
| 2Ki.4.23-03.Q | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| 2Ki.8.1-12.K | אַתִּי | HPp2fs |
| 2Ki.8.1-12.Q | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Neh.9.6-05.K | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Job.1.10-02.K | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Pro.7.4-04 | אָתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Ecc.7.22-09.K | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Sng.6.4-02 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Isa.51.9-13 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Isa.51.10-02 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Isa.51.12-06 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Jer.2.20-19 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Jer.2.27-06 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |
| Jer.15.6-01 | אַתְּ | HPp2fs |