עַתָּ֫ה 435 (also
Ezekiel 23:43;
Psalm 74:6 עת Kt, Qr
עַתָּה),
עָ֑֫תָּה Genesis 32:5 [
Genesis 32:4] +,
adverb of time,
now (properly accusative of [
`int],
עֵת (Kö
ii. 260),
at the time, in particular of the present time, i.e.
now; compare German
zur Zeit, Arabic
at the time, i.e.
now); — now:
1.
a. Genesis 12:19 ועתה הנה אשׁתך and
now, behold thy wife,
Genesis 22:12 ידעתי עתה ידעתי now, I know (so
Exodus 18:11;
Judges 17:13;
H20881 Kings 17:24 [
עַתָּה זֶה],
Psalm 20:7 [
Psalm 20:6]),
Genesis 26:22,
Genesis 26:29;
H2088Genesis 27:36;
Genesis 31:13,
Genesis 31:28, etc.,
Exodus 5:5 הך רבים עתה עם הארץ; whether in opposed to past time, as
Genesis 32:11 [
Genesis 32:10];
Joshua 14:11 כְּכֹחִי אָז וּכְכֹחִי עָ֑תָּה,
Judges 11:8;
1 Kings 12:4;
Isaiah 1:21 ועתה מרצחים,
Isaiah 16:14;
Hosea 2:9 [
Hosea 2:7]
כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מַעָ֑תָּה,
Hosea 13:2,
Job 30:1 +, or to future, as
Numbers 24:17 אֶרְאֶנּוּ ולא עתה,
Judges 8:6 חֲכַף עַתָּה־בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ זֶבַח וצ׳,
1 Samuel 2:16 כִּי עַתָּה תִּתֵּן; =
after all Numbers 22:38;
Judges 8:2; =
now at last 2 Samuel 24:16;
1 Kings 19:4;
2 Kings 19:25;
Hosea 7:2;
Jeremiah 4:12; and in the phrase
מעתה ועד עולם Isaiah 9:6 [
Isaiah 9:7];
Isaiah 59:21;
Micah 4:7 (see below),
Psalm 113:2;
Psalm 115:18;
Psalm 121:8;
Psalm 125:2;
Psalm 131:3.
2. Phrases:
b. ועתה and,
now, or
now, therefore (
וְ 4), drawing a conclusion, especially (compare
1e) a practical one, from what has been stated:
Genesis 3:22 and now (since man has once been disobedient), lest he put forth his hand, etc.,
Genesis 20:7; Genesis 20:23
וְעַתָּה הִשָּֽׁבְעָה לִי הֵ֫נָּה,
Genesis 27:3,
Genesis 27:8 ועתה בני שְׁמַע בקולי,
Genesis 30:30;
Genesis 31:16,
Genesis 31:44;
Genesis 37:20 + often,
Isaiah 5:3,
Isaiah 5:5;
Psalm 2:10;
Genesis 11:6 וגו׳ מֵהֶם לֹא־יִבָּצֵר ועתה,
Genesis 31:30;
Genesis 45:8;
2 Samuel 19:11 [
2 Samuel 19:10];
Psalm 39:8 [
Psalm 39:7]
אֲדֹנָי מַה־קִּוִּיתִי ועתה ,
Isaiah 52:5.
g. כִּי עַתָּה for in this case, in our idiom, for then (עתה pointing to a condition assumed as a possible contingency: compare Dr§ 141, 142);
(b) after a protasis,
surely then Genesis 31:42 + (see
כִּי 1d b, p. 472).
—Note. Read
כְּמוֺ עַתָּ) (
)
as now, for
כְּמוֺ עֵת Ezekiel 16:57,
עַתָּ נִשְׁבַּרְתְּ (
)
now art thou broken ! for
עֵת נִשְׁבֶּרֶת Ezekiel 27:34, and probably
עַתָּ בָּא (Hi We Kö Now, compare
) for
עֶתבּֿאֹ Haggai 1:2; also
עַתָּה for
אַתָּה 1 Kings 1:20, and
אַתָּה for
עַתָּה 1 Kings 1:18b 2 Samuel 18:3.
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