1 Samuel 21:3:11 Sam.21.3.W1TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:4
וְעַתָּ֗ה
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAH
- IPA
- /wəʕatˈtɔː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-TA
- sentence
ve-a-TA ma-YESH TA-khat-ya-DE-kha kha-mi-SHA-le-khem te-NA be-ya-DI O ha-nim-TSA
In context — 1 Samuel 21:3
Then David said to the priest, “Now therefore, what is under your hand ? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever there is.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 21:3, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֗ה (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.21.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.3.W1.S1) and character.