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Lexicon :: Strong's H859 - 'atâ

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אַתָּה
Transliteration
'atâ
Pronunciation
at-taw'
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Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive pronoun of the second person
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TWOT Reference: 189

Strong’s Definitions

אַתָּה ʼattâh, at-taw'; or (shortened); אַתָּ ʼattâ at-taw'; or אַת° ʼath, ath; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי ʼattîy, at-tee'; plural masculine אַתֶּם ʼattem, at-tem'; feminine אַתֶּן ʼatten, at-ten'; or אַתֵּנָה ʼattênâh, at-tay'-naw; or אַתֵּנָּה ʼattênnâh, at-tane'-naw; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you:—thee, thou, ye, you.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H859 in the following manner: thou, you, ye.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H859 in the following manner: thou, you, ye.

  1. you (second pers. sing. masc.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַתָּה ʼattâh, at-taw'; or (shortened); אַתָּ ʼattâ at-taw'; or אַת° ʼath, ath; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי ʼattîy, at-tee'; plural masculine אַתֶּם ʼattem, at-tem'; feminine אַתֶּן ʼatten, at-ten'; or אַתֵּנָה ʼattênâh, at-tay'-naw; or אַתֵּנָּה ʼattênnâh, at-tane'-naw; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you:—thee, thou, ye, you.
STRONGS H859: Abbreviations
אַתָּ֫ה, אָ֑תָּה (so regularly; but 26-7 times, with different disjunctive accents, אַ֑תָּה: see FrMM 228; Sta§ 178a (read 8 for 18) pronoun 2nd person singular masculine thou (for anta, see above; compare נָתַתָּ for נָתַנְתָּ) Genesis 3:11, 19+ often — Written אַתָּ 1 Samuel 24:19; Psalm 6:4; Job 1:10; Ecclesiastes 7:22; Nehemiah 9:6. Appended to a verb for emphasis, Exodus 18:19 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 17:56 שְׁאַל אַתָּה inquire thou, 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 22:18; Isaiah 43:26 סַמֵּר אַתָּה. Added for the purpose of strengthening a genitive or accusative suffix 1 Kings 21:19; Proverbs 22:19 (Ges§ 135.2).

אתי, i.e. אַתִּי, the older & more original form of אַתְּ thou (feminine), preserved, probably dialectically, + 7 times in Kt, Judges 17:2; 1 Kings 14:2; 2 Kings 4:16, 23; 2 Kings 8:1; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 36:13. (See above as in Syriac, the י may not have been fully sounded: the Masoretes direct אַתְּ to be everywhere read.)

אַתְּ, אָ֑תְּ pronoun 2nd person singular feminine thou (feminine) (shortened from אַתִּי (which see); in Syriac the two genders are written differently, bdb006117, bdb006118, but, the bdb006118anot being sounded, are pronounced alike: in Targum both are written אַתְּ or אַנְתְּ) Genesis 12:11, 13; Genesis 24:23 — Numbers 11:15; Deuteronomy 5:24; Ezekiel 28:14 used as a masculine (as in Aramaic of Targum); but probably אַתָּ (see below אַתָּה) should be here read.

אַתֶּם pronoun 2nd person masculine plural you (masculine) (for antem, see above) Genesis 9:7; Genesis 26:27; Genesis 29:4 —הֲ, הָאַתֶּם Judges 6:31; following the verb for emphasis Judges 15:12; Jeremiah 34:15; construed inaccurately with a feminine Ezekiel 13:20.

†אַתֵּן Ezekiel 34:31 (many editions אַתֶּן), אַתֵּ֫נָה Genesis 31:6; Ezekiel 13:11, 20 (editions אַתֵּ֫נָּה) Ezekiel 34:17 pronoun 2nd person feminine plural you (feminine).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H607, H608.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:11; 9:7; 12:11; 24:23; 26:27; 29:4; 31:6

Exodus

18:19

Numbers

11:15

Deuteronomy

5:24

Judges

6:31; 15:12; 17:2

1 Samuel

17:56; 20:8; 22:18; 24:19

1 Kings

14:2; 21:19

2 Kings

4:16; 8:1

Nehemiah

9:6

Job

1:10

Psalms

6:4

Proverbs

22:19

Ecclesiastes

7:22

Isaiah

43:26

Jeremiah

4:30; 34:15

Ezekiel

13:11; 13:20; 28:14; 34:17; 34:31; 36:13

H859

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Strong's Number H859 matches the Hebrew אַתָּה ('atâ),
which occurs 57 times in 52 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Sa 7:3–1Sa 29:6)

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Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to the LORD and serve Him alone; and He will save you from the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17 - “He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves H859 will become his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:27 - As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Speak to the servant and have him go on ahead of us and pass by; but you stand here now, so that I may proclaim the word of God to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - “But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your catastrophes and your distresses; yet you have [fn]said, ‘No, but put a king over us!’ Now then, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your [fn]groups of thousands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - “If you will fear the LORD and serve Him, and listen to His voice and not rebel against the [fn]command of the LORD, then both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:25 - “But if you still do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:11 - But Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Since I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come at the appointed [fn]time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:40 - Then he said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good [fn]to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - But Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, get away, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they went up from Egypt.” So the Kenites got away from among the Amalekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:13 - So Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the command of the LORD.”

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So Samuel said, “[fn]Is it not true, though you were [fn]insignificant in your own eyes, that you became the head of the tribes of Israel? For the LORD anointed you as king over Israel.

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Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for [fn]Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have chosen a king for Myself among his sons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, “Why do you come out to draw up in battle formation? Am I not the Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man as your representative and have him come down to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33 - But Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him; for you are only a youth, while he has been a warrior since his youth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a [fn]saber, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:56 - And the king said, “You then, ask whose son the youth is.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - Then Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:3 - “And as for me, I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are hiding, and I will speak with my father about you; and whatever I [fn]find out, I will tell you.”

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Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, informed him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - “So deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if [fn]I am guilty of wrongdoing, kill me yourself H859; for why then should you bring me to your father?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:23 - “As for the [fn]agreement of which you and I have spoken, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.”

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Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - “For, [fn]as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now then, send men and bring him to me, for he is [fn]doomed to die!”

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Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - Saul then said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - But the king said, “You shall certainly die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s household!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:18 - Then the king said to Doeg, “You, turn around and [fn]attack the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and [fn]attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:23 - “Stay with me; do not be afraid, [fn]even though he who is seeking my life is seeking your life. For you are safe with me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:17 - He said to him, “Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be king over Israel, and I will be second in command to you; and Saul my father knows that as well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - Saul said, “May you be blessed of the LORD, since you have had compassion on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11 - “So, my father, look! Indeed, look at the edge of your robe in my hand! For by the fact that I cut off the edge of your robe but did not kill you, know and understand that there is no evil or [fn]rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life, to take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:14 - “After whom has the king of Israel gone out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17 - And he said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt maliciously with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:18 - “You have declared today that you have done good to me, that the LORD handed me over to you and yet you did not kill me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:6 - and this is what you shall say: ‘[fn]Have a long life, peace to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33 - and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from [fn]bloodshed and from [fn]avenging myself by my own hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14 - And David called to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Will you not answer, Abner?” Then Abner replied, “Who are you who calls to the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - So David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came to [fn]kill the king your lord!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - “This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, all of you undoubtedly [fn]must die, because you did not guard your lord, the LORD’S anointed. And now, see where the king’s spear is and the jug of water that was at his head!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:25 - Then Saul said to David, “Blessed are you, my son David; you will both accomplish much and assuredly prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

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Now it came about in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, “Know for certain that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - David said to Achish, “Very well, you will learn what your servant can do.” So Achish said to David, “Then I will assuredly make you [fn]my bodyguard for [fn]life!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:9 - But the woman said to him, “Behold, you know what Saul has done, that he has eliminated the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you then setting a trap for my life, to bring about my death?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:12 - When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:19 - “Furthermore, the LORD will also hand Israel along with you over to the Philistines; so tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed, the LORD will hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - “So now you too, please listen to the voice of your servant, and let me serve you a piece of bread, and eat it, so that you will have strength when you go on your way.”

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Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the LORD lives, you have indeed been honest, and your [fn]going out and your coming in with me in the army are pleasing in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the governors.


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