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Genesis 19:33

וַ תַּשְׁקֶיןָ אֶת אֲבִיהֶן יַיִן בַּ לַּיְלָה הוּא וַ תָּבֹא הַ בְּכִירָה וַ תִּשְׁכַּב אֶת אָבִיהָ וְ לֹא יָדַע בְּ שִׁכְבָהּ וּ בְ קוּׄמָהּ

And they are causing to drink אֶת-their father wine in the Night-ward of himself688 and the First-fruit is going in, and she is lying down את-her father, and he has not perceived689 in her lying down, or in her standing up.


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In the Night-ward of himself. Definite article + night. Only four times does there occur the anomalous construction בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא Genesis 19:33; Genesis 30:16; Genesis 32:23; 1 Samuel 19:10.