2 Chronicles 18:22:12 Chr.18.22.W1TAB
וְעַתָּ֗ה
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAH
- IPA
- /wəʕatˈtaː/
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
- clause
ve-a-TA hi-NE na-TAN ye-ho-VAH RU-akh SHE-ker be-FI ne-vi-e-KHA E-le
- sentence
ve-a-TA hi-NE na-TAN ye-ho-VAH RU-akh SHE-ker be-FI ne-vi-e-KHA E-le va-ye-ho-VAH di-BER a-LE-kha ra-A
Exegesis
The verse opens with the discourse markers veattah {וְעַתָּה | wə-ʿattâ} ‘and now’ and hinneh {הִנֵּה | hinnêh} ‘behold’, which together signal a pointed conclusion drawn from the preceding vision report.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:22
And now, behold, the LORD has put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of these your prophets, and the LORD has spoken disaster against you.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 18:22, 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 2 Chr.18.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.22.W1.S1) and character.