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Genesis 17:16

וּ בֵרַכְתִּי אֹתָהּ וְ גַם נָתַתִּי מִמֶּנָּה לְךָ בֵּן וּ בֵרַכְתִּיהָ וְ הָיְתָה לְ גֹויִם מַלְכֵי עַמִּים מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיוּ
And I have kneeled אֶת-her, and also I have given from her to-yourself a builder, and I have kneeled her,626 and she has become to nations—kings of peoples from-out of her they are becoming.`
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I have kneeled אֶת-her…I have kneeled her. This is an example of a deliberate change between using a direct object (the mark of the accusative אֶת- in the feminine) berakti otah, and a verb construct, beraktiha.