1 Kings 19:4:161 Kgs.19.4.W16TAB
עַתָּ֤ה
ata
“now”
- Transliteration
- a-TA
- Extended
- ah-TAA
- IPA
- /ʕatˈtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- now
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-TA
- phraseyour reading level
a-TA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yish-EAL ET-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER RAV a-TA Ye-ho-VAH KAKH naf-SHI ki-LO-TOv a-no-KHI me-a-vo-TAI
- sentence
ve-HU-ha-LAKH ba-mid-BAR DE-rekh YOM va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV TA-khat RO-tem a-KHAT e-KHAD va-yish-EAL ET-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER RAV a-TA Ye-ho-VAH KAKH naf-SHI ki-LO-TOv a-no-KHI me-a-vo-TAI
In context — 1 Kings 19:4
But he went on alone a day’s journey into the wilderness, and he came and sat under a broom bush. There he asked that his life be taken, saying, “It is enough now, LORD ; take my life, for I am not better than my fathers .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 19:4, so the Hebrew word עַתָּ֤ה (ata) 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.19.4.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.4.W16.S1) and character.