H6258. attah

עַתָּ֫ה‎₄₃₅ (also Ezekiel 23:43; Psalm 74:6 עת‎ Kt, Qr עַתָּה‎), עָ֑֫תָּה‎ Genesis 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. Genesis 12:19 אשׁתך הנה ועתה‎ and now, behold thy wife, 22:12 ידעתי עתח כי‎ now, I know (so Exodus 18:11; Judges 17:13; 1 Kings 17:24 [זֶה עַתָּה‎], Psalm 20:7), Genesis 26:22, 29; 27:36; 31:13, 28, etc., Exodus 5:5 הארץ עם עתה רבים הך‎; whether in opposed to past time, as Genesis 32:11; Joshua 14:11 עָ֑תָּה וּכְכֹחִי אָז כְּכֹחִי‎, Judges 11:8; 1 Kings 12:4; Isaiah 1:21 מרצחים ועתה‎, 16:14; Hosea 2:9 מַעָ֑תָּה אָז לִי טוֺב כִּי‎, 13:2, Job 30:1 +, or to future, as Numbers 24:17 עתה ולא אֶרְאֶנּוּ‎, Judges 8:6 וצ ׳זֶבַח עַתָּהכְּֿיָדֶ֑ךָ חֲכַף‎, 1 Samuel 2:16 תִּתֵּן עַתָּה כִּי‎; = 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 עולם ועד מעתה‎ Isaiah 9:6; 59:21; Micah 4:7 (see below), Psalm 113:2; 115:18; 121:8; 125:2; 131:3.

b. of the imminent or impending future: Genesis 19:9 מַהֶם לְךָ נָרַע עַתָּה‎. 29:32 אישׁי יאהבני עתה כי‎, 29:34; Exodus 6:1 תראה עתה‎, Numbers 11:23; 22:4; 2 Samuel 20:6; Isaiah 33:10 (Psalm 12:6), Isaiah 43:19; 49:19; Amos 6:7 יִגְלוּ עתה לכן‎, Isaiah 49:19; Micah 7:4, 10; Daniel 10:20; and especially ἀσυνδέτως in Hosea, introducing a punishment, Hosea 4:16 י יִרְעֵם ׳עתה ׳וגו‎ 5:7; 8:8, 13 (Jeremiah 14:10), 10:2.

c. of a time ideally present (= then, from our point of view): Isaiah 29:22 יעקב יבושׁ עתה לא‎, v^b Hosea 10:3; Micah 4:9-10, 11; Micah 4:14; 5:3.

d. describing a present state = as things are: 1 Samuel 8:5 thou art old, etc., מלך לנו שִׂימָה עתה‎, 9:6; 13:12; 14:30; 25:7b; 27:1 now I shall be swept away one day, etc., 2 Kings 18:20, 25; Job 6:21; 14:16; 16:7.

e. with an Imperative, as an encouragement, implying that the time has come for the exhortation or advice to be followed, Genesis 31:13 צא קים עתה‎, Exodus 18:19 בקולי שְׁמַע עתה‎, Numbers 22:11; Deuteronomy 2:13; 1 Samuel 30:8.

2 Phrases:

a. זֶה עַתָּה‎ (זְה‎ 4h) 1 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 5:22.

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., 20:7; Genesis 20:23 הֵ֫נָּה לִי הִשָּֽׁבְעָה וְעַתָּה‎, 27:3, 8 בקולי שְׁמַע בני ועתה‎, 30:30; 31:16, 44; 37:20 + often, Isaiah 5:3, 5; Psalm 2:10; Genesis 11:6 וגו מֵהֶם לאֹיִֿבָּצֵר ׳ועתה‎, 31:30; 45:8; 2 Samuel 19:11; Psalm 39:8 אֲדֹנָי מַהקִּֿזִּיתִי ועתה‎, Isaiah 52:5,

c. הִנֵּה וְעַתָּה‎ stating the ground on which some conclusion or action is to be based, Exodus 3:9; Joshua 14:10 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 12:2; 24:21; 1 Kings 1:18; Jeremiah 40:4 (with ועתה‎ usually repeated afer the הנה‎-clause).

d. עתה גם‎ Genesis 44:10; 1 Samuel 12:16; 1 Kings 14:14; Joel 2:12; Job 16:19.

e. מֵעַתָּה‎ from now, henceforth, Jeremiah 3:4; Isaiah 48:6; Daniel 10:17 (according to some, here = from just now), 2 Chronicles 16:9; עוּלּסּ ועד מעתה‎, see above

1a end.

f. עַדעַֿתָּה‎ until now, Genesis 32:5, עדעֿ ׳וֶאֵחַר‎, Deuteronomy 12:9 ע עד באתם לא הנחלה ׳אל‎ (opposed to the future), 2 Kings 13:23; especially after clause with מִן‎, 2Ki 46:34 וְעַדעֿ ׳מִנְּעוּרֵינוּ‎ (2 Samuel 19:8; Ezekiel 4:14), Exodus 9:18; 2 Kings 8:6; Ruth 2:7.

g. עַתָּה כִּי‎ for in this case, in our idiom, for them (עתה‎ pointing to a condition assumed as a possible contingency: compare Dr^{§ 141, 142}); (a) Exodus 9:15 וגו ׳שׁלחתי עתה כי‎ for then (if the intention expressed in 9:14 had not existed) I should have put forth my hand, etc., Numbers 22:29 הֲרַגְתִּיךְ עתה כי‎, 1 Samuel 13:13; Job 3:13; followed by imperfect 6:3 for then (if it were weighed, 6:2) it would be heavier, etc., 13:19 for then would I be silent and die; (b) after a protasis, surely then Genesis 31:42 + (see כִּי‎

1d b, p. 472). — Note. Read עַתָּ כְּמוֺ‎) (ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎) as now, for עֵת כְּמוֺ‎ Ezekiel 16:57, נִשְׁבַּרְתְּ עַתָּ‎ (ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎) now art thou broken ! for נִשְׁבֶּרֶת עֵת‎ 27:34, and probably בָּא עַתָּ‎ (Hi We Kö Now, compare ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎) for עֶתבּֿאֹ‎ Haggai 1:2; also עַתָּה‎ for אַתָּה‎ 1 Kings 1:20, and אַתָּה‎ for עַתָּה‎ 1:18b 2 Samuel 18:3.