2 Samuel 19:7:12 Sam.19.7.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:8
וְעַתָּה֙
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAA
- IPA
- /wəʕatˈtɔː/
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 KUM TSE ve-da-BER al-LEV a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-TA KUM TSE ve-da-BER al-LEV a-va-DE-kha KI va-ye-ho-VAH nish-ba-AT-ti ki-EN-kha yo-TSE im-ya-LIN ISH it-TE-kha ha-LAI-la ve-ra-A le-KHA ZOT mi-kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-ba-A a-LE-kha min-ne-u-RE-kha ad-a-TA
Exegesis
The opening conjunction ve-attah {וְעַתָּה | wə-‘a-ttāh} ‘and now’ frames an urgent shift, immediately followed by the sequential imperatives kum {קוּם | kūm} ‘arise’, tse {צֵא | ṣēʾ} ‘go out’, and ve-dabber {וְדַבֵּר | wə-ḏab-bēr} ‘speak’, structuring David’s escalating commands.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:7
And now, arise, go out, and speak to the heart of your servants, for by the LORD I have sworn. Surely if you do not go out, no man will stay with you tonight; and this will be worse for you than all the calamity that has come upon you from your youth until now.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:7, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּה֙ (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.19.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.7.W1.S1) and character.