Lexical Definition
אַתָּה ʼattâh (at-taw') you(m.s.) H:PerP-MS
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
thee, thou, ye, you.
- thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
1) you (second pers. sing. masc.)
Extended Information
form of: אַתָּה
- you (second pers. sing. fem.)
- A grammatical form of at.tah (אַתָּ֫ה "you(m.s.)" אַתָּה)
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אַתָּ֫ה, אָ֑תָּה (so regularly; but 26-7 t., with different disjunctive accents, ׃אַ֑תָּה see FrMM 228; Sta§ 178 a (read 8 for 18) pronoun 2 singular masculine thou (for anta, see above; compare נָתַתָּ for נָתַנְתָּ) Gen 3:11; Gen 3:19 + often written אַתָּ 1Sam 24:19*; Ps 6:4*; Job 1:10; Eccl 7:22; Neh 9:6. Appended to a verb for emphasis, Exod 18:19 (twice in verse); 1Sam 17:56 שְׁאַל אַתָּה inquire thou, 1Sam 20:8; 1Sam 22:18; Isa 43:26 סַפֵּר אַתָּה. Added for the purpose of strengthening a genitive or accusative suffix 1Kgs 21:19; Prov 22:19 (Ges«GKC:135»§ 135.2).
אתי, i.e. אַתִּי, the older & more original form of אַתְּ thou (feminine), preserved, probably dialectically, 7 t. in Kt, Judg 17:2; 1Kgs 14:2; 2Kgs 4:16; 2Kgs 4:23; 2Kgs 8:1; Jer 4:30; Ezek 36:13. (V. above as in Syriac, the י may not have been fully sounded: the Masoretes direct אַתְּ to be everywhere read.)
אַתְּ, אָ֑תְּ pronoun 2 singular feminine thou (feminine) (shortened from אַתִּי (q. v.); in Syriac the two genders are written differently, 
, 
, but, the 
not being sounded, are pronounced alike: in ᵑ7 both are written אַתְּ or אַנְתְּ) Gen 12:11; Gen 12:13; Gen 24:23 + often Thrice Num 11:15; Deut 5:24; Ezek 28:14 used as a masculine (as in Aramaic of ᵑ7); but probably אַתָּ (see below אַתָּה) should be here read.
אַתֶּם pronoun 2 masculine plural you (masculine) (for antem, see above) Gen 9:7; Gen 26:27; Gen 29:4 + often with הֲ, הָאַתֶּם Judg 6:31 following the verb for emphasis Judg 15:12; Jer 34:15 construed inaccurately with a feminine Ezek 13:20.
אַתֵּן Ezek 34:31 (many editions אַתֶּן), אַתֵּ֫נָה Gen 31:6; Ezek 13:11; Ezek 13:20 (editions אַתֵּ֫נָּה) Ezek 34:17 pronoun 2 feminine plural you (feminine)
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 3:11 · 3:19 · 9:7 · 12:11 · 12:13 · 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 · 4:23 · 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 |