Judges 13:12:3Judg.13.12.W3TAB

עַתָּ֖ה

ata

now

Transliteration
a-TA
Extended
ah-TAH
IPA
/ʕatˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
now

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Result
עַ + תָּ֖ה
a + ta
ata

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-TA

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh a-TA ya-VO de-va-RE-kha

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh a-TA ya-VO de-va-RE-kha MA-yeh-HE-ye mish-PAT-ha-NA-ar u-ma-a-SE-hu

Exegesis

The adverb atah {עַתָּה | ʿattâ} ‘now’ introduces immediacy.

In contextJudges 13:12

And Manoach said, “Now when your words come to pass, what will be the rule for the boy , and what is his work?”

About this coordinate

Judges 13:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 13:12, so the Hebrew word עַתָּ֖ה (ata) 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 Judg.13.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.12.W3.S1) and character.