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Genesis 12:15

and princes of Pharaoh are seeing אֶת-her,481 and shining482 אֶת-her toward Pharaoh, and the Woman has taken house of Pharaoh;

Footnote:

482

Shine

Strong’s #1984,הלל halal. To shine, be clear, brilliant, to glory, to make a show, to praise, to make bright. All these definitions given by Gesenius and BDB should make it fairly clear that this word means to make shine or to shine.

In the Piel form this gets rendered “praise” or “be boastful”. When used in reference to Yahweh, i.e “praise the Master” no such direct-object self eternal mark את- is used. Instead what we find is the preposition to, הלל ליהוה halel la Yahweh, shine to He Is.