2 Samuel 14:15:12 Sam.14.15.W1TAB
וְ֠עַתָּה
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 a-sher-ba-TI le-da-BER el-ha-ME-lekh a-do-NI et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE KI ye-re-U-ni ha-AM
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-sher-ba-TI le-da-BER el-ha-ME-lekh a-do-NI et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE KI ye-re-U-ni ha-AM va-TO-mer shif-kha-TE-kha a-da-be-RA-na el-ha-ME-lekh u-LAI ya-a-SE ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR a-ma-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve-attah {וְ֠עַתָּה | wə-ʿat-tāh} ‘and now’, linking this petition to the preceding narrative.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:15
And now that I have come to speak to the king, my lord, about this matter because the people have made me afraid. And your maidservant said, “Let me speak, please, to the king; perhaps he will grant the petition of his maidservant.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְ֠עַתָּה (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.14.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.15.W1.S1) and character.