1 Kings 21:7:51 Kgs.21.7.W5TAB
אַתָּ֕ה
ata
“you”
- Transliteration
- a-TA
- Extended
- ah-TAA
- IPA
- /ʔatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
a-TA
- clause
va-TO-mer e-LAV i-ze-VEL ish-TO a-TA a-TA ta-a-SE me-lu-KHA al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-TO-mer e-LAV i-ze-VEL ish-TO a-TA a-TA ta-a-SE me-lu-KHA al-yis-ra-EL KUM e-KHAL-le-khem ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha a-NI e-TEN le-KHA et-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI
Exegesis
The challenge in attah {אַתָּה | ʾă-ttāh} ‘you’ and attah {עַתָּה | ʿa-ttāh} ‘now’ coupled with melukhah {מְלוּכָה | mə-lū-ḵā} ‘kingship’ under ta’aseh {תַּעֲשֶׂה | ta-ʿa-séh} ‘you are doing’ forms a pointed interrogation of royal action.
In context — 1 Kings 21:7
And Jezebel, his wife, said to him, “Are you now exercising kingship over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be glad. I myself will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word אַתָּ֕ה (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.21.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.7.W5.S1) and character.