2 Samuel 15:34:132 Sam.15.34.W13TAB
וְעַתָּ֖ה
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAA
- IPA
- /vəʕatˈtɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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-im-ha-IR ta-SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta le-av-sha-LOM av-DE-kha a-NI ha-ME-lekh e-HE-ye E-ved a-VI-kha va-a-NI me-AZ ve-a-TA va-a-NI av-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-im-ha-IR ta-SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta le-av-sha-LOM av-DE-kha a-NI ha-ME-lekh e-HE-ye E-ved a-VI-kha va-a-NI me-AZ ve-a-TA va-a-NI av-DE-kha ve-he-FAR-ta LI ET a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel
Exegesis
The direct speech features chiastic parallelism of ’ănî {אֲנִי | ’ă-nî} ‘I’ and ’avdĕkhā {עַבְדְּךָ | ’av-dĕ-khā} ‘your servant’, framed by the temporal pair mê’āz {מֵאָז | mê-’ā-z} ‘from then’ and wə-’attâh {וְעַתָּה | wə-’ä-ṯ-tāh} ‘and now’.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:34
But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, “I am your servant, O king; I was your father’s servant from then until now, and now I am your servant,” then you will frustrate for me the counsel of Ahithophel .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:34:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 15:34, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֖ה (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.15.34.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.34.W13.S1) and character.