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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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-TA
- clause
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh a-TA ya-VO de-va-RE-kha
- 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 context — Judges 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.