<html><P> The question was asked, "Any thoughts why the chumash uses the phrase vyk ET Bilhah (and not vyk IM Bilaha)?"</P>
<P> One answer is because in reference to people, "es" is at least as common as "im." It is the form used exclusively in the parsha of arayos in K'doshim; it is the form used in the sh'vuah of a sotah. </P>
<P> Both forms are used, seemingly interchangeably, in the parsha of b'nos Lot. The Malbim gives an explanation there, and in Metzora Siman 166, for the difference between the forms.</P>
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