Lexical Definition

‎עַתָּה‎ ʻattâh (at-taw') now ^H:Adv
from ‎עֵת‎

henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

• at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

1) now
1a) now
1b) in phrases

See Greek: ἄρτι

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Also see: הִנֵּה | עַד | כִּי

‎עַתָּ֫ה‎₄₃₅ (also Ezek 23:43; Ps 74:6 ‎עת‎ Kt, Qr ‎עַתָּה‎), ‎עָ֑֫תָּה‎ Gen 32:5* +, 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. Gen 12:19 ‎ועתה הנה אשׁתך‎ and now, behold thy wife, Gen 22:12 ‎כי עתח ידעתי‎ now, I know (so Exod 18:11; Judg 17:13; 1Kgs 17:24 [‎עַתָּה זֶה‎], Ps 20:7*), Gen 26:22; Gen 26:29; Gen 27:36; Gen 31:13; Gen 31:28, etc., Exod 5:5 ‎הך רבים עתה עם הארץ‎; whether in opposed to past time, as Gen 32:11*; Josh 14:11 ‎כְּכֹחִי‎ ‎אָז וּכְכֹחִי עָ֑תָּה‎, Judg 11:8; 1Kgs 12:4; Isa 1:21 ‎ועתה מרצחים‎, Isa 16:14; Hos 2:9* ‎כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מַעָ֑תָּה‎, Hos 13:2, Job 30:1 +, or to future, as Num 24:17 ‎אֶרְאֶנּוּ ולא עתה‎, Judg 8:6 ‎חֲכַף‎ ‎עַתָּהכְּֿיָדֶ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎זֶבַח וצ‎, 1Sam 2:16 ‎כִּי עַתָּה תִּתֵּן‎; = after all Num 22:38; Judg 8:2 = now at last 2Sam 24:16; 1Kgs 19:4; 2Kgs 19:25; Hos 7:2; Jer 4:12 and in the phrase ‎מעתה‎ ‎ועד עולם‎ Isa 9:6*; Isa 59:21; (see below), Ps 113:2; Ps 115:18; Ps 121:8; Ps 125:2; Ps 131:3.
b. of the imminent or impending future: Gen 19:9 ‎עַתָּה נָרַע לְךָ מַהֶם‎. Gen 29:32 ‎כי עתה יאהבני אישׁי‎, vGen 29:34; Exod 6:1 ‎עתה תראה‎, Num 11:23; Num 22:4; 2Sam 20:6; Isa 33:10 (Ps 12:6*), Isa 43:19; Isa 49:19; Amos 6:7 ‎לכן‎ ‎עתה יִגְלוּ‎, Isa 49:19; Mic 7:4; Mic 7:10; Dan 10:20 and especially ἀσυνδέτως in Hosea, introducing a punishment, Hos 4:16 ‎׳‎‎וגו‎ ‎׳‎‎עתה יִרְעֵם י‎ Hos 5:7; Hos 8:8; Hos 8:13 (Jer 14:10), Jer 10:2.
c. of a time ideally present (= then, from our point of view): Isa 29:22 ‎לא עתה יבושׁ יעקב‎, v^b Hos 10:3; Mic 4:9; Mic 4:10; Mic 4:11; Mic 4:14*; Mic 5:3*.
d. describing a present state = as things are: 1Sam 8:5 thou art old, etc., ‎עתה‎ ‎שִׂימָה לנו מלך‎, 1Sam 9:6; 1Sam 13:12; 1Sam 14:30; 1Sam 25:7b; 1Sam 27:1 now I shall be swept away one day, etc., 2Kgs 18:20; 2Kgs 18:25; Job 6:21; Job 14:16; Job 16:7.
e. with an Imperative, as an encouragement, implying that the time has come for the exhortation or advice to be followed, Gen 31:13 ‎עתה קים צא‎, Exod 18:19 ‎עתה שְׁמַע בקולי‎, Num 22:11; Deut 2:13; 1Sam 30:8.

2. Phrases:
a. ‎עַתָּה זֶה‎ (‎זְה‎ 4 h) 1Kgs 17:24; 2Kgs 5:22.
b. ‎ועתה‎ and, now, or now, therefore (‎וְ‎ 4), drawing a conclusion, especially (compare 1 e) a practical one, from what has been stated: Gen 3:22 and now (since man has once been disobedient), lest he put forth his hand, etc., Gen 20:7; Gen 20:23 ‎וְעַתָּה הִשָּֽׁבְעָה לִי הֵ֫נָּה‎, Gen 27:3; Gen 27:8 ‎ועתה בני שְׁמַע‎ ‎בקולי‎, Gen 30:30; Gen 31:16; Gen 31:44; Gen 37:20 + often, Isa 5:3; Isa 5:5; Ps 2:10; Gen 11:6 ‎׳‎‎ועתה לאֹיִֿבָּצֵר מֵהֶם וגו‎, Gen 31:30; Gen 45:8; 2Sam 19:11*; Ps 39:8* ‎ועתה מַהקִּֿזִּיתִי אֲדֹנָי‎, Isa 52:5,
c. ‎וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה‎ stating the ground on which some conclusion or action is to be based, Exod 3:9; Josh 14:10 (twice in verse); 1Sam 12:2; 1Sam 24:21*; 1Kgs 1:18; Jer 40:4 (with ‎ועתה‎ usually repeated afer the ‎הנה‎-clause).
d. ‎גם עתה‎ Gen 44:10; 1Sam 12:16; 1Kgs 14:14; Joel 2:12; Job 16:19.
e. ‎מֵעַתָּה‎ from now, henceforth, Jer 3:4; Isa 48:6; Dan 10:17 (according to some, here = from just now), 2Chr 16:9 ‎מעתה‎ ‎ועד עוּלּסּ‎, see above 1 a end. feminine ‎עַדעַֿתָּה‎ until now, Gen 32:5*, ‎׳‎‎וֶאֵחַר עדעֿ‎, Deut 12:9 ‎׳‎‎אל הנחלה לא באתם עד ע‎ (opposed to the future), 2Kgs 13:23 especially after clause with ‎מִן‎, 2Kgs 46:34 ‎׳‎‎מִנְּעוּרֵינוּ וְעַדעֿ‎ (2Sam 19:8*; Ezek 4:14), Exod 9:18; 2Kgs 8:6; Ruth 2:7.
g. ‎כִּי עַתָּה‎ for in this case, in our idiom, for them (‎עתה‎ pointing to a condition assumed as a possible contingency: compare Dr^{§ 141, 142}); (a) Exod 9:15 ‎כי עתה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁלחתי וגו‎ for then (if the intention expressed in vExod 9:14 had not existed) I should have put forth my hand, etc., Num 22:29 ‎כי עתה הֲרַגְתִּיךְ‎, 1Sam 13:13; Job 3:13 followed by imperfect Job 6:3 for then (if it were weighed, vJob 6:2) it would be heavier, etc., Job 13:19 for then would I be silent and die; (b) after a protasis, surely then Gen 31:42 + (see ‎כִּי‎ 1 d b, p. 472). — Note. Read ‎כְּמוֺ עַתָּ‎) (ᵐ5 ᵑ9) as now, for ‎כְּמוֺ עֵת‎ Ezek 16:57, ‎עַתָּ נִשְׁבַּרְתְּ‎ (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9) now art thou broken ! for ‎עֵת נִשְׁבֶּרֶת‎ Ezek 27:34, and probably ‎עַתָּ בָּא‎ (Hi We Kö Now, compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6) for ‎עֶתבּֿאֹ‎ Hag 1:2 also ‎עַתָּה‎ for ‎אַתָּה‎ 1Kgs 1:20, and ‎אַתָּה‎ for ‎עַתָּה‎ v1Kgs 1:18b 2Sam 18:3.

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