Joshua 14:12:1Josh.14.12.W1TAB
וְעַתָּ֗ה
veatah
“And now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TAH
- Extended
- veh-aht-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʕatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And now
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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-TAH
- clause
ve-a-TAH te-NA-li ET-ha-HAR ha-ZEH a-SHER-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
ve-a-TAH te-NA-li ET-ha-HAR ha-ZEH a-SHER-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU ki a-TA-sha-MA-ta ba-YOM ha-HU ki-a-na-KIM sham ve-a-RIM ge-do-LOT be-tsu-ROT u-LAI Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ve-ho-RASH-tim ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The opening ve-attah {וְעַתָּה | wə-ʿa-ṭāh} introduces Joshua’s request with immediacy.
In context — Joshua 14:12
And now, give me this mountain that the LORD spoke of on that day; for you heard on that day that the Anakites were there and their cities were vast and fortified. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I will dispossess them just as He spoke.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 14:12, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֗ה (veatah) 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 Josh.14.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.12.W1.S1) and character.