BDB6199 [H6258 H2088 H2009 H5704 H3588]
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;
\ \ b. of the imminent or impending future: Gen 19:9עַתָּה 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 timeideally present (= then , from our point of view): Isa 29:22 לא עתה יבושׁ יעקב , vb 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 31:13עתה קים צא , Exod 18:19 עתה שְׁמַע בקולי , Num 22:11; Deut 2:13; 1Sam 30:8.
\ \ b. of the imminent or impending future: Gen 19:9
\ \ c. of a time
\ \ d. describing a present state =
\ \ e. with an Imperative, as an encouragement, implying that the time has come for the exhortation or advice to be followed, Gen 31:13
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; 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 , ׳ 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 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 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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