1 Kings 18:14:11 Kgs.18.14.W1TAB
וְעַתָּה֙
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAH
- IPA
- /wəʕatˈtɔː/
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 a-TA o-MER LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-TA o-MER LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu va-ha-ra-GA-ni
Exegesis
The clause begins with the temporal marker veʿatta {וְעַתָּה֙ | və-ʿaṭ-ṭāh} ‘and now’, framing the speaker’s current plight.
In context — 1 Kings 18:14
And now you say, "Go, say to your master, ‘Behold, Elijah is here,’ and he will kill me."
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:14, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּה֙ (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 Kgs.18.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.14.W1.S1) and character.