Hosea 13:2:1Hos.13.2.W1TAB
וְעַתָּ֣ה
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAH
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-TA po-si-FU
- clause
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve`attah {וְעַתָּה | wə-ʿat-tāh} ‘and now’, introducing a rhetorical shift to Israel’s increasing guilt.
In context — Hosea 13:2
And now they keep adding to sin , and they make for themselves a cast image from their silver, according to their own design—idols, all of it the work of craftsmen . They say, “Let those who sacrifice humans kiss calves.”
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 13:2, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֣ה (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 Hos.13.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.2.W1.S1) and character.