1 Samuel 15:30:31 Sam.15.30.W3TAB

עַתָּ֗ה

ata

now

Transliteration
a-TA
Extended
ah-TAA
IPA
/ʕatˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
now

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Result
עַ + תָּ֗ה
a + ta
ata

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-TA

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer kha-ta-TI a-TA kab-de-NI NA NE-ged zik-nee-ah-MEE ve-NE-ged yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer kha-ta-TI a-TA kab-de-NI NA NE-ged zik-nee-ah-MEE ve-NE-ged yis-ra-EL ve-SHUV im-MI ve-hish-ta-kha-WEI-ti la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

Exegesis

Attah {עַתָּה | ‘attāh} ‘now’ situates the timing of his plea.

In context1 Samuel 15:30

And he said, “I have sinned. Now please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 15:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:30, so the Hebrew word עַתָּ֗ה (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.15.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.30.W3.S1) and character.