2 Samuel 18:20:72 Sam.18.20.W7TAB
אַתָּה֙
ata
“you”
- Transliteration
- a-TA
- Extended
- ah-TAA
- IPA
- /ʔatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
LO ISH be-so-RA a-TA
- clause
va-yo-MER LO yo-AV LO ISH be-so-RA a-TA ha-YOM ha-ZE u-vi-sar-TA be-YOM a-KHER
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO yo-AV LO ISH be-so-RA a-TA ha-YOM ha-ZE u-vi-sar-TA be-YOM a-KHER ve-ha-YOM ha-ZE LO te-va-SER KI-al KEN ben-ha-ME-lekh MET
Exegesis
Joab (יוֹאָב | yô-ʾāḇ) addresses the messenger with lo ʾîš bə-sôrāh ʾattāh {לֹא אִישׁ בְּשֹׂרָה אַתָּה | lōʾ ʾîš bə-sôrāh ʾattāh} ‘you are not a man of news’, an emphatic role negation.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:20
And Joab said, “You are not a bearer of news this day, and you shall bring news on another day; but today you shall not bring news because the king’s son is dead.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:20, so the Hebrew word אַתָּה֙ (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 Sam.18.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.20.W7.S1) and character.