Judges 13:4:1Judg.13.4.W1TAB

וְעַתָּה֙

veata

“and now”

Transliteration: ve-a-TA
Extended: veh-ah-TAH
IPA: /wəʕatˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English: and now

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Result

וְ + עַ + תָּה֙

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ve + a + ta

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veata

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
clause
ve-a-TA hish-sha-me-RI NA ve-al-TISH-te YA-yin ve-she-KHAR
sentence
ve-a-TA hish-sha-me-RI NA ve-al-TISH-te YA-yin ve-she-KHAR ve-al-TO-khe-le kol-ta-ME

Exegesis

The conjunction ve'attah {וְעַתָּה֙ | və-ʿattāh} ‘and now’ introduces a temporal shift into a direct command, followed by the niphal imperative hishhameri {הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי | hiššāmərî} ‘guard yourself’, with the entreaty particle na {נָ֔א | nāʼ} to underscore appeal.

In context — Judges 13:4

Now therefore, please take care, you must not drink wine or strong drink, and you must not eat anything unclean.

About this coordinate

Judges 13:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 13:4, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּה֙ (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 Judg.13.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.4.W1.S1) and character.

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