Numbers 22:4:5Num.22.4.W5TAB
עַתָּ֞ה
atah
“Now”
- Transliteration
- a-TAH
- Extended
- ah-TAH
- IPA
- /ʕaˈtaː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-TAH
- clause
va-YO-mer mo-AV el-zik-NEI mid-YAN a-TAH ye-la-kha-KHU ha-ka-HAL et-KOL-se-vi-vo-TEI-nu kil-KHOKH ha-SHOR ET YE-rek ha-sa-DEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-AV el-zik-NEI mid-YAN a-TAH ye-la-kha-KHU ha-ka-HAL et-KOL-se-vi-vo-TEI-nu kil-KHOKH ha-SHOR ET YE-rek ha-sa-DEH u-va-LAK ben-TsI-POR ME-lekh le-mo-AV ba-ET ha-hi-U
Exegesis
Attah {עַתָּה | ʿattāh} ‘now’ adds immediacy, leading into yelachachu {יְלַחֲכ֤וּ | yəlăḥəkū} ‘they will lick up’ as the main verb with hakkahal {הַקָּהָל | hakkāhāl} ‘the assembly’ as subject.
In context — Numbers 22:4
Now Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This assembly will lick up all our surroundings as the ox licks up the green of the field.” At that time, Balak son of Zippor was king over Moab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 22:4, so the Hebrew word עַתָּ֞ה (atah) 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 Num.22.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.4.W5.S1) and character.