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# אַתָּה

Biblical Hebrew

**thou** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

thou [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַתָּ֫ה: pron. thou [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (so regularly; but 26–7 times, with different disj. accents, אַ֑תָּה: v. FrMM 228; Sta§ 178 a (read 8 for 18) pron. 2 s. m. thou (for anta, v. supr.; cf. נָתַתָּ for נָתַנְתָּ) Gn 3:11, 19 + often. Written אַתָּ †1 S 24:18 ψ 6:4; Jb 1:10; Ec 7:22; Ne 9:6. Appended to a vb. for emph., Ex 18:19(×2) 1 S 17:56 שְׁאַל אַתָּה inquire thou, 20:8; 22:18; Is 43:26 סַפֵּר אַתָּה. Added for the purpose of strengthening a gen. or accus. sf. 1 K 21:19; Pr 22:19 (Ges§ 135, 2).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: you (3).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 28:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.14/#tree)

אַ֨תְּ־כְּר֔וּב מִמְשַׁ֖ח הַסּוֹכֵ֑ךְ וּנְתַתִּ֗יךָ בְּהַ֨ר קֹ֤דֶשׁ אֱלֹהִים֙ הָיִ֔יתָ בְּת֥וֹךְ אַבְנֵי־אֵ֖שׁ הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* you \[were\].a.cherub of.expansion \[which\] covers and I appointed.you on the.mountain of.the.holiness of.God you.were in the.middle of.stones of.fire you.walked.about

*JPS 1917:* Thou wast the far-covering cherub; and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of stones of fire.

[Numbers 11:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.15/#tree)

וְאִם־כָּ֣כָה ׀ אַתְּ־עֹ֣שֶׂה לִּ֗י הָרְגֵ֤נִי נָא֙ הָרֹ֔ג אִם־מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וְאַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּרָעָתִֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* and if thus you \[are\].doing to me kill me please immediately.(kill) if I.have.found favor in eyes your and not let.me.look on distress my

*JPS 1917:* And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).