אָתָה
ʼâthâh · H857 · Hebrew · 21 occurrences
Meanings
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to come
To move to a certain location, seen from that location's perspective
ExamplesDeuteronomy 33:2 He said, “The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone from Mount Paran, And He came from the midst of myriads of holy ones; At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.
Deuteronomy 33:21 “Then he selected the choicest part for himself, For there the ruler’s portion was reserved; And he came with the leaders of the people; He executed the justice of the LORD, And His ordinances with Israel.”
Job 30:14 “As through a wide gap they come, Amid the storm they roll on.
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to bring
To take something or someone to a certain location, seen from that locations's perspective
ExamplesIsaiah 21:14 Bring water for the thirsty, You inhabitants of the land of Tema; Meet the fugitive with bread.
Jeremiah 12:9 “Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the birds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the animals of the field, Bring them to devour!
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Literally: to come; hence: process by which things happen to someone as if it were a person coming to visit (to come (upon someone), to happen (to someone))
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
19 occurrences in 10 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 5
- Not stated: he, she or it 5
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַיִםwater 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 11 groups
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָגַדto tell, to inform, to report 2
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁאַלto ask, to inquire, to request 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Move002002001012
- אָתָה describes coming or arriving, physical movement toward a place, as the LORD "came from Sinai" (Deuteronomy 33:2).
- Happen002002003003
- The word also covers something coming upon a person, an event or circumstance befalling them, as Job's fear that "what I dread encounters me" (Job 3:25) and dread that "comes like a storm" (Proverbs 1:27).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H857. athah אָתָה verb come (in Hebrew only poetry) (Arabic , Sabean אתו DHMZMG 1875,…
אָתָה verb come (in Hebrew only poetry) (Arabic , Sabean אתו DHMZMG 1875, 597; 1888, 343, Aramaic אֲתָא, ) —
Qal Perfect ׳א Deu 33:2; אָתָא Isa 21:12 see Ges§ 75 R. 22; 1 plural אָתָנוּ Jer 3:22; Imperfect יֶאֱתֶה Job 37:22; Pro 1:27; וַיֵּתֵא Deu 33:21 (= וַיֶּאֱתֶה compare Di Köi. 577), וַיַּאת Isa 41:25; suffix וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי Job 3:25; Job 3:3feminine singular תֵּאתֶה Mic 4:3; Mic 4:3masculine plural יֶאֱתָ֫יוּ Job 16:22 Job 16:2t.; וַיֶּאֱתָיוּ֑ן Isa 41:5; Imperative masculine plural אֵתָ֫יוּ Isa 21:12 Isa 21:2t.; Participle feminine plural אֹתִיּוֺת Isa 41:23 Isa 41:2t.; — come, of men Deu 33:21; Psa 68:32; Isa 41:25; Isa 56:12 Imperative = come now, with hostile purpose Job 30:14, of men unto ׳י Jer 3:22 (followed by לְ) compare Isa 21:12; of ׳י Deu 33:2; of ends of earth, etc., personified Isa 41:5; of time, morning Isa 21:12, years Job 16:22; of weather Job 37:22; of beasts, to devour Isa 56:9 (followed by infinitive), of calamity Pro 1:27; Job 3:25 come upon, with suffix, of dominion Mic 4:8 (followed by עַד). Participle plural feminine as substantive things to come, future things Isa 41:23; Isa 44:7; Isa 45:11.
Hiph`il bring, Imperative מַיִם הֵתָ֫יוּ Isa 21:14 bring water (on form, for הֶאֱתוּ compare Di Ew§ 141 a Ges§ 68, 2 R. 1); Jer 12:9 bring beasts, to devour.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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