Genesis 19:9:8Gen.19.9.W8PAT

עַתָּ֕ה

ata

now

Transliteration
a-TA
Extended
ah-TAA
IPA
/ʕat.ˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
now
French
maintenant
Spanish
ahora
Portuguese
agora
German
jetzt
Russian
теперь
Arabic-Simplified
الْآنَ
Hindi
अब
Chinese-Simplified
现在
Korean
이제
Indonesian
sekarang
Bengali
এখন
Tagalog
ngayon
Swahili
sasa
Amharic
አሁን
Yoruba
nísinsin yìí
Igbo
ugbua a
Twi
seesei
Ewe
fifia

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Result
עַ + תָּ֕ה
a + ta
ata

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-TA

  2. clause

    va-yo-me-RU ges-ha-le-A va-yo-me-RU ha-e-KHAD ba-la-GUR va-yi-she-POT sha-FOT a-TA na-RA le-KHA me-HEM

  3. sentence

    va-yo-me-RU ges-ha-le-A va-yo-me-RU ha-e-KHAD ba-la-GUR va-yi-she-POT sha-FOT a-TA na-RA le-KHA me-HEM va-yi-fe-tse-RU va-ISH be-LOT me-OD va-yi-ge-SHU li-she-BOR ha-DA-let

In contextGenesis 19:9

they said step back they said this one came to sojourn has become judge now will do harm to you more than to them pressed against the man against Lot greatly drew near to break the door

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 19:9, so the Hebrew word עַתָּ֕ה (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 Gen.19.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.9.W8.S1) and character.