“In the beginning, God created et the heaven and et the earth” (Genesis 1:1). These are the first words of the Bible. In the original Hebrew, et is the first creation, the blueprint for creating heaven and earth. In the English translation, the word et drops out since it has no English equivalent. The word et as a grammatical form indicating a direct object linking verb and noun. It links “God created” to “heaven” and to “earth.” It is spelled alef-tav, the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Spanning the full set of 22 Hebrew letters from alef through tav, et represents media systems. “Heaven” represents spiritual systems and “earth” natural systems.
Alexenberg, Mel. The Future of Art in a Digital Age: From Hellenistic to Hebraic Consciousness (p. 109). Intellect Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.