2 Kings 18:23:12 Kgs.18.23.W1TAB
וְעַתָּה֙
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAA
- 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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Word in context
- word
ve-a-TA
- clause
ve-a-TA hit-e-RA-rev NA et-a-do-NI et-ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ve-a-TA hit-e-RA-rev NA et-a-do-NI et-ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-et-e-NA le-KHA al-pa-YIM su-SIM im-tu-KHAL la-TET le-KHA ro-khe-VIM a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve’atta {וְעַתָּה֙ | wə-‘ă-ṭṭāh} marking immediate temporal context.
In context — 2 Kings 18:23
And now, please make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses if you are able to provide riders for them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:23, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּה֙ (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.18.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.23.W1.S1) and character.