Judges 17:13:3Judg.17.13.W3TAB
עַתָּ֣ה
ata
“now”
- Transliteration
- a-TA
- Extended
- ah-TAA
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
a-TA ya-DA-te-ti
- clause
va-YO-mer mi-KHA a-TA ya-DA-te-ti ki-YE-ti-iv Ye-ho-VAH LI
- sentence
va-YO-mer mi-KHA a-TA ya-DA-te-ti ki-YE-ti-iv Ye-ho-VAH LI KI ha-YA-li ha-le-VI le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
The adverb ‘attāh {עַתָּה | ‘attāh} functions as a temporal marker signaling immediacy.
In context — Judges 17:13
And Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will do good to me because the Levite has become my priest.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 17:13, so the Hebrew word עַתָּ֣ה (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.17.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.13.W3.S1) and character.