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יָת / ית

TG-004Targumic AramaicOnkelos first; Western and JPA material labeled separately

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

יָת

Transliterationyat

Plain meaningTargumic definite-object marker in common constructions

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

יָת / ית

Onkelos frequently uses יָת where Biblical Hebrew uses אֵת to mark a definite object. The word normally does not need an independent natural English translation. In the opening verse, יָת שְׁמַיָּא marks “the heavens” as the object of “created.” Learn it as a high-frequency Targumic reading signal rather than as an English content word.

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יָת

ORIGINAL

TG-004

yat

READING

Approved transliteration

Targumic definite-object marker in common constructions

MEANING

Targumic Aramaic

REMEMBER

יָת / ית

יָת often tells you what receives the action.