1 Samuel 13:12:21 Sam.13.12.W2TAB
עַ֠תָּה
ata
“now”
- Transliteration
- a-TA
- Extended
- ah-TAH
- IPA
- /ʕatˈtɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- now
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- clause
va-o-MAR a-TA yer-DU fe-li-sh-TIM e-LAI ha-gil-GAL u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH LO khi-li-TI
- sentence
va-o-MAR a-TA yer-DU fe-li-sh-TIM e-LAI ha-gil-GAL u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH LO khi-li-TI va-et-a-PAK va-a-le ha-o-LA
Exegesis
The adverb attah {עַתָּה | ‘attāh} ‘now’ signals immediacy.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:12
And I said, “Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the face of the LORD ; so I restrained myself and I offered the burnt offering.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 13:12, so the Hebrew word עַ֠תָּה (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 Sam.13.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.12.W2.S1) and character.