2 Samuel 13:33:12 Sam.13.33.W1TAB
וְעַתָּ֡ה
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAA
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-TA
- clause
ve-a-TA al-ya-SEM a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh el-li-BO da-VAR le-MOR kal-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ME-tu
- sentence
ve-a-TA al-ya-SEM a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh el-li-BO da-VAR le-MOR kal-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ME-tu ki-im-am-NON le-vad-DO MET
Exegesis
The discourse opens with ve‘attah {וְעַתָּה | wə-ʻaṭ-ṭāh} ‘and now’ as a temporal marker.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:33
And now, let not my lord the king take the matter to heart to say, “All the king’s sons have died,” for only Amnon is dead alone .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:33, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֡ה (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 Sam.13.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.33.W1.S1) and character.