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And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Usage notes
The definite form of this noun is הָעָם(ha'ám, “the nation, the people”).
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee,
Inflection
The usual modern forms have been borrowed from the otherwise archaic preposition אֵת, אֶת־(et, et-, “to, with”) (not to be confused with the direct object marker את(et), which is still in use). The traditional, more regular forms are still in use, but only in formal registers.
1. Both imí and imadí occur a number of times in the Bible, but today imadí is archaic. 2. Imám is somewhat more common than imahém in the Bible, but today imahém and imahén are more common than imám and imán.
Synonyms
(with: indicating being together):את(archaic, except in inflected forms; see inflection table)
(for: of an action):את(archaic, except in inflected forms; see inflection table)