עַתָּה
ʻattâh · at-taw'
at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6256 (עֵת);
at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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)
to see and know › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַתָּה 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
433 occurrences · 433 OT · 0 NT · 48 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- unto him: for now1 · 11%
- for now1 · 11%
- thou art now1 · 11%
- for whereas1 · 11%
- therefore from henceforth1 · 11%
- from this time forth1 · 11%
- from this time1 · 11%
- for as for me, straightway1 · 11%
- with me than now1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
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.