Judges 17:3:16Judg.17.3.W16TAB
וְעַתָּ֖ה
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʕatˈtːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and now
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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
va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
Exegesis
Finally, wəʿattāh ʾăšîwenû lāḵ {וְעַתָּה אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ לָךְ | wəʿattāh ʾăšîwenû lāḵ} “and now I will return it to you” closes the vow with restitution, preserving Hebrew narrative flow and verbal intensity.
In context — Judges 17:3
And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֖ה (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.17.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W16.S1) and character.