Numbers 24:14:1Num.24.14.W1TAB
וְעַתָּ֕ה
veata
“And now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-a-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʕatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And now
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 hin-NE-ni ho-LEKH le-a-MI
- sentence
ve-a-TA hin-NE-ni ho-LEKH le-a-MI le-KHA i-a-TSE-kha a-SHER ya-a-SE ha-AM ha-ZEH le-am-KHA be-a-kha-RIT ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The opening conjunction-adverb veatta {וְעַתָּה | weʿattâ} ‘and now’ signals a shift to present discourse.
In context — Numbers 24:14
And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, let me advise you , what this people will do to your people in the latter days .
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 24:14, 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 Num.24.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.14.W1.S1) and character.