אַנְתָּה
ʼantâh · an-taw'
thou
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H859 (אַתָּה);
thou
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: as for thee, thou.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַנְתָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou4 · 29%
- and thou2 · 14%
- as for thee1 · 7%
- now thou1 · 7%
- but thou1 · 7%
- it is thou1 · 7%
- art thou1 · 7%
- o thou1 · 7%
- thee, and thou1 · 7%
- whom thou1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.