ksek b^eˁer be-ḳáne di-béstan sóˀod ḥe meŝróḥo di-bέni di-káˀse be-ḳáne di-béstan wa-sóˀod ḥe ˁáṣbe di-ṣö́bhor di-ˀidáko ḥúbhɛḷ m^ešk^erɛr wa-rö́mos ḥe díˀyho embaṭáṭa wa-kánaḥ áḳaˁ sourέdi bɛ​​​​​​​r tέˀɛ di-kέrhen šélfɛyk tóyhi ... ‘I found a came inside my palm grove who had eaten up a young bέni palm, the only one in the grove. He also tore a branch off the tamarind tree, full of near ripe fruit. He also ploughed through my sweet potatoes and then hit two little lambs of mine, whom I had just gotten as presents....’ (CSOL II 15:15)

The origin of em- is uncertain. Perhaps, it shall be identified with the North Yemeni form of the definite article (see Behnstedt 33).