1 Samuel 15:1:111 Sam.15.1.W11TAB
וְעַתָּ֣ה
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAA
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-TA she-MA
- clause
ve-a-TA she-MA le-KOL div-RE Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-sha-UL o-TI sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH li-ME-sha-KHO-kha le-ME-lekh al-am-MO al-yis-ra-EL ve-a-TA she-MA le-KOL div-RE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-ʿattāh {וְעַתָּ֣ה | wə-ʿat-tā} ‘and now’ introduces the imperative še-maʿ {שְׁמַ֔ע | še-maʿ} ‘listen’, which takes the object lə-qōl {לְק֖וֹל | lə-qōl} ‘to the voice’ of dib-rê {דִּבְרֵ֥י | dib-rê} ‘words of’ YHWH {יְהוָֽה | yə-hō-wāh}. The parallel structure of divine commissioning and human obedience highlights covenant fidelity.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:1
And Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of the words of the LORD.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 15:1, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֣ה (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 Sam.15.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.1.W11.S1) and character.