2 Kings 18:25:12 Kgs.18.25.W1TAB
עַתָּה֙
ata
“now”
- Transliteration
- a-TA
- Extended
- ah-TAH
- IPA
- /ʕatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- now
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-TA
- clause
a-TA ha-mib-bal-a-de ye-ho-VAH a-li-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE le-hash-khi-TO
- sentence
a-TA ha-mib-bal-a-de ye-ho-VAH a-li-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE le-hash-khi-TO ye-ho-VAH a-MAR e-LAI a-LE al-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT ve-hash-khi-TA
Exegesis
The verse opens with atah {עַתָּה֙ | ’aṭ-ṭā-hā} ‘now’, which sets immediate temporal focus.
In context — 2 Kings 18:25
Now, was it apart from the LORD that I went up against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land and destroy it.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:25, so the Hebrew word עַתָּה֙ (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 2 Kgs.18.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.25.W1.S1) and character.