2 Samuel 18:3:202 Sam.18.3.W20TAB

וְעַתָּ֗ה

veata

and now

Transliteration
ve-a-TA
Extended
veh-ah-TAH
IPA
/vəʕatˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
and now

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Result
וְ + עַ + תָּ֗ה
ve + a + ta
veata

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-a-TA

  2. clause

    ve-a-TA TOV KI-ti-he-YE-la-NU me-IR la-ziR la-ZOR

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER ha-AM LO te-TSE KI IM-NOS na-NUS LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV ve-IM-ya-MU-tu khe-tsye-NU LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV KI-a-TA kha-MO-nu a-sa-RA a-la-FIM ve-a-TA TOV KI-ti-he-YE-la-NU me-IR la-ziR la-ZOR

In context2 Samuel 18:3

But the people said, “You shall not go out, for if we flee or are made to flee, they will not set their hearts upon us; even if half of us die, they will not set their hearts upon us. For now you are like ten thousand of us, so it is better that you give help to us from the city.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 18:3:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Samuel 18:3, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֗ה (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.18.3.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.3.W20.S1) and character.