1 Chronicles 17:26:31 Chr.17.26.W3TAB
אַתָּה־ה֖וּא
atahu
“you are he”
- Transliteration
- a-TA-hu
- Extended
- ah-TAH-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔatˈtɔː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you are he
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
a-TA-hu
- clause
ve-a-TA ye-ho-VAH a-TA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-a-TA ye-ho-VAH a-TA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM va-te-da-BER al-av-de-KHA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The emphatic copula ’attāh-hū’ {אַתָּה־הוּא | ’attāh-hū’} ‘you are’ uses pronoun doubling to intensify the affirmation of divine identity.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:26
And now, Lord God , You are the God, and You have spoken this good thing concerning Your servant.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 17:26, so the Hebrew word אַתָּה־ה֖וּא (atahu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.17.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.26.W3.S1) and character.