Ruth 3:2:1Ruth.3.2.W1PAT
וְעַתָּ֗ה
veatah
“and now”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-TAH
- Extended
- veh-ah-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʕatˈtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and now
- French
- et maintenant
- Spanish
- y ahora
- Portuguese
- e agora
- German
- und jetzt
- Russian
- и теперь
- Arabic-Simplified
- والآن
- Hindi
- और अब
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而现在
- Korean
- 그리고 지금
- Indonesian
- dan sekarang
- Bengali
- আর এখন
- Tagalog
- at ngayon
- Swahili
- na sasa
- Amharic
- እና አሁን
- Yoruba
- àti nísinsìnyí
- Igbo
- ma ugbu a
- Twi
- na afei
- Ewe
- eye fifia
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-TAH
- clause
ve-a-TAH ha-LO VO-az mo-da-e-TA-nu a-SHER ha-YIT et-na-a-ro-TAIV
- sentence
ve-a-TAH ha-LO VO-az mo-da-e-TA-nu a-SHER ha-YIT et-na-a-ro-TAIV hi-NE-HU zo-RE et-GO-ren ha-se-o-RIM ha-LAI-la
In context — Ruth 3:2
and now is it not Boaz our relative who you were with his young women look, he is winnowing the threshing floor of the barley tonight
About this coordinate
Ruth 3:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 3:2, so the Hebrew word וְעַתָּ֗ה (veatah) 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 Ruth.3.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.2.W1.S1) and character.