Genesis 17:9:4Gen.17.9.W4TAB
וְאַתָּ֖ה
veata
“as for you”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAA
- IPA
- /wə.ʔatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as for you
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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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-a-TA
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM ve-a-TA et-be-ri-TI tish-MOR
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM ve-a-TA et-be-ri-TI tish-MOR a-TA ve-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM
Exegesis
The conjunction veatta {וְאַתָּה | wə-ʾat-tā} ‘and you’ functions contrastively and emphatically, focusing on Abraham’s responsibility; this is rendered as “As for you” in the formal reconstruction and “For your part” in the dynamic.
In context — Genesis 17:9
God said to Abraham, “As for you, you are to keep My covenant , you and your descendants after you, through their generations.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:9, so the Hebrew word וְאַתָּ֖ה (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 Gen.17.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.9.W4.S1) and character.