2 Kings 13:19:142 Kgs.13.19.W14TAB
וְעַתָּ֕ה
veata
“but now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʕatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but now
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM tak-KE et-a-RAM
- sentence
va-yik-TSOF a-LAV ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH pe-a-MIM AZ hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM ad-kal-LE ve-a-TA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM tak-KE et-a-RAM
Exegesis
The infinitive phrase ad-kallēh {עַד־כַּלֵּה | ʿad-kallēh} ‘until complete destruction’ specifies the intended outcome, and the contrasting conjunction wə-ʿattâ {וְעַתָּה | wə-ʿattâ} ‘but now’ introduces the Hiphil imperfect taqqēh {תַּכֶּה | taqqēh} ‘you will strike’, which limits the future action to three iterations. This sequence of verb forms and discourse markers highlights the shift from unrealized potential to a definitive, restricted judgment.
In context — 2 Kings 13:19
And the man of God became angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Aram until it was completely destroyed . But now you will strike Aram only three times.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:19:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 13:19, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֕ה (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 Kgs.13.19.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.19.W14.S1) and character.