1 Samuel 17:29:51 Sam.17.29.W5TAB
עָ֑תָּה
ata
“now”
- Transliteration
- a-TA
- Extended
- aa-TAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈtːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- now
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-YO-mer da-VID ME a-SI-ti a-TA
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID ME a-SI-ti a-TA ha-LO da-VAR HU
Exegesis
The interrogative phrase meh asiti {מֶה עָשִׂיתִי | mēh ʿāśītî} ‘what have I done’ expresses a defensive challenge, followed by the adverb atah {עָ֑תָּה | ʿattāh} ‘now’ indicating immediacy.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:29
David said, “What have I done now ? Was it not only a word ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 17:29, so the Hebrew word עָ֑תָּה (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.17.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.29.W5.S1) and character.