אָתָה
ʼâthâh · aw-thaw'
to arrive
Lexicon
Derivation: or אָתָא; a primitive root (collateral to H225 (אוּת) contraction);
to arrive
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be-, things to) come (upon), bring.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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 mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָתָה 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- come4 · 19%
- cometh3 · 14%
- and he came2 · 10%
- is come1 · 5%
- are come1 · 5%
- they came1 · 5%
- shall come out1 · 5%
- brought1 · 5%
- and came1 · 5%
- the things that are to come1 · 5%
- and he shall come1 · 5%
- and the things that are coming1 · 5%
- me of things to come1 · 5%
- behold, we come1 · 5%
- unto thee shall it come1 · 5%
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.