An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

11.2.4 תא ֶ
תּא, ִ וּנתָּ ֫ א), ִ and thus it
contrasts with the base of the particle תא, ֶ which has the forms ˒ōt- (e.g., יתֹא, ִ וּנתֹא) ָ֫
and ˒et- (e.g., ם ֶכתְ א; ֶ see 10.3). The basic sense is comitative (‘with’); it may mark
a The base of this preposition in suffixed forms is ˒itt- (e.g., י ִ
accompaniment (companionship, fellowship; # 1), interest (accompaniment, literal or
metaphorical, for the purpose of helping; ## 2–4), or the complement of verbs of
dealing, speaking, and making (## 5–7). 21 The object of ˒t may also be an addition
(‘beside, alongside of, in addition to’; # 8). The preposition has a spatial sense closely
related to this last (‘near’; # 9); compare English ‘alongside of,’ as in ‘There is a
temple alongside of the palace’ and ‘There is a priesthood alongside of the
monarchy.’ The possessive can be marked with ˒t (‘have’; # 10).
1. ךְתָּ א ִ ךָינֶ֫ ָבוּ התָּ אַ ו ְ you and your children with you
2.
3.
4.
ימ ֑ ִ יתִּ א ִ י ִ
וּנתָּ ֫ א ִ הוהי ַ
׃הוהי־תא ֶ שׁיא ִ יתי ִ נ֫ ָ
5. םי ִק ֵמ ינִ ְנה ִ ינִ אֲ וַ
ם֑ כֶ תְּ א ִ יתי ִ רִ ְבּ־תא ֶ
6. תוֹ ֑שׁ ק ָ וּנתָּ ֫ ִ ר ֶבּ ִ
7.
8.
Num 18:2
מ Who is on my side? Who?
2 Kgs 9:32
ו YHWH is on our side.
Num 14:9
ִ ק I have gotten a man with the help of YHWH.
Gen 4:1
I am confirming my covenant with you.
Gen 9:9
א . . . דּ He…spoke harshly with us.
וּנתָּ ֫ א ִ וינָ ָפּ ר ֵ
Gen 42:30
אָי May he make his face shine toward us.
Ps 67:2
יתּ֑ ִ א ִ ןוּשׂ ֲעת ַ אֹ ל Do not make [any gods to set] alongside of me.
9. ר ֶשׁ א ֲ םִינּ ַ֫
ֲע ַצ ְבּ
׃שׁדֶ ק־ת ֶ֫ א ֶ
10.
Exod 20:23
in Zaanaim, which is near Qadesh 22
Judg 4:11
׃וּנתָּ א ִ ה ָמ 23
What have we (at hand)?
1 Sam 9:7
21
Cf. also Deut 1:30 and Judg 11:27 for ˓śy ˒t. The accompaniment senses of ˒t and ˓m
are extremely close; in Judg 7:4, we have yēlēk ˒ittāk (twice) and lō˒-yēlēk ˓immāk.
22
Cf. 1 Kgs 9:26.
23 Cf. Gen 27:15.