1 Chronicles 17:7:11 Chr.17.7.W1TAB
וְ֠עַתָּה
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʕatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and now
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-TA
- clause
ve-a-TA ko-TO-mar le-av-DI le-da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-NI le-kakh-TI-kha min-ha-NA-ve min-a-kha-RE ha-TSON
- sentence
ve-a-TA ko-TO-mar le-av-DI le-da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-NI le-kakh-TI-kha min-ha-NA-ve min-a-kha-RE ha-TSON lih-ye-OT na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal marker veʿattāh {וְ֠עַתָּה | wə-ʿattāh} ‘and now,’ linking the oracle to the prior narrative.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:7
And now thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts : I took you from the pasture , from following the flock, to be ruler over My people Israel.’
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 17:7, so the Hebrew word וְ֠עַתָּה (veata) 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.17.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.7.W1.S1) and character.