Ezekiel 16:45:2Ezek.16.45.W2TAB

אַ֔תְּ

at

you are

Transliteration
AT
Extended
AHT
IPA
/ˈʔat/

Meaning by language

English
you are

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    AT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BAT-IM-mekh AT

  3. clause

    BAT-IM-mekh AT go-E-let i-SHAH u-va-NE-ha

  4. sentence

    BAT-IM-mekh AT go-E-let i-SHAH u-va-NE-ha va-a-KHOT a-kho-TEKH AT a-SHER ga-a-LU an-she-HEN u-ve-ne-HEN im-me-KHEN khi-TIT va-a-vi-KHEN e-mo-RI

Exegesis

The repetition of the second person feminine pronoun ʾat-tə {אַתְּ | ʾat-tə} underscores direct address, while the conjunction wa-ʾă-ḥôt achō-tēḵ {וַאֲח֨וֹת אֲחוֹתֵ֜ךְ | wa-ʾă-ḥôt ʾă-ḥō-tē-ḵ} ‘and sister of your sisters’ expands the charge corporately.

Root and etymology

Rootʾ-t-n

payment; fee

In contextEzekiel 16:45

You are your mother’s daughter, loathing her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite , and your father an Amorite .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:45:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:45, so the Hebrew word אַ֔תְּ (at) 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 Ezek.16.45.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.45.W2.S1) and character.