אָתָה
ʼâthâh · aw-thaw'
{to arrive}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or אָתָא; (Aramaic), corresponding to H857 (אָתָה)
{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-) come, 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- came4 · 25%
- to bring2 · 13%
- they brought2 · 13%
- and they brought2 · 13%
- are come1 · 6%
- to come1 · 6%
- and come1 · 6%
- brought1 · 6%
- and they have brought1 · 6%
- was brought1 · 6%
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.