1 Samuel 15:3:11 Sam.15.3.W1TAB
עַתָּה֩
atah
“now”
- Transliteration
- a-TAH
- Extended
- ah-TAA
- IPA
- /ʕatˈtaː/
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-TAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-TAH LEKH ve-hi-KI-tah
- clause
a-TAH LEKH ve-hi-KI-tah et-a-ma-LEK ve-ha-kha-ram-TEM et-kol-a-SHER-lo ve-LO takh-MOL a-LAV
- sentence
a-TAH LEKH ve-hi-KI-tah et-a-ma-LEK ve-ha-kha-ram-TEM et-kol-a-SHER-lo ve-LO takh-MOL a-LAV ve-he-MA-ta me-ISH ad-i-SHA me-o-LEL ve-ad-yo-NEK mi-SHOR ve-ad-SE mi-ga-MAL ve-ad-kha-MOR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the adverb atah {עַתָּה֩ | ʾăt-tâ} ‘now’, establishing a temporal frame.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that belongs to him and do not spare him; put to death from man to woman, from infant to nursing child, from ox to sheep, from camel to donkey.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:3, so the Hebrew word עַתָּה֩ (atah) 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.15.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.3.W1.S1) and character.