Judges 20:9:1Judg.20.9.W1TAB
וְעַתָּ֕ה
veata
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAA
- IPA
- /wəʕatˈtɔː/
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
ve-a-TA ZE ha-da-VAR a-SHER na-a-SE la-giv-A
- sentence
ve-a-TA ZE ha-da-VAR a-SHER na-a-SE la-giv-A a-le-HA be-go-RAL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunctive temporal marker ve-attah {וְעַתָּה | wə-ʿattāh} ‘and now’, signaling a shift to a forthcoming decision.
In context — Judges 20:9
And now this is the matter that we will do to Gibeah; against it we will go by lot .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:9, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֕ה (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.20.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.9.W1.S1) and character.