Job 16:19:1Job.16.19.W1TAB
גַּם־עַ֭תָּה
gamata
“also now”
- Transliteration
- gam-a-TA
- Extended
- gahm-ah-TAA
- IPA
- /ɡam.ʕatˈtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- also now
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
gam-a-TA
- clause
gam-a-TA hin-NE-ba-sha-MA-yim E-DI
- sentence
gam-a-TA hin-NE-ba-sha-MA-yim E-DI ve-sa-ha-DI ba-me-ro-MIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic adverbial cluster gam-attah {גַּם־עַתָּה | gam-ʿat-tāh} ‘even now’, foregrounding immediacy and contrast with Job’s present suffering and accusations.
In context — Job 16:19
Even now, behold, my witness is in the heavens, and my attester is on high.
About this coordinate
Job 16:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 16:19, so the Hebrew word גַּם־עַ֭תָּה (gamata) 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 Job.16.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.19.W1.S1) and character.