--- title: אֲתָה — come · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: אֲתָה (lemma:אֲתָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 16 times: come. BDB 1906: vb. come. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5ea_5b8_5d4.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)‎ / אֲתָה‎ # אֲתָה «אֲתָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **come** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 16 times · **Key:** lemma:אֲתָה · **BDB:** אֲתָה ### Glosses he.came (3); they.brought (3); bring (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) come [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5ea_5b8_5d4/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. come [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5ea_5b8_5d4/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. come (BH poet. אָתָה; Palm. אתי Haph. Lzb230, Chr-Pal. ܐܬܐ Schulth Lex.);— Pf. 3 ms. אֲתָה Ezr 5:3; Dn 7:22; א—ָ Ezr 5:16; 3 mpl. אֲתוֹ 4:12; Imv. mpl. (וֶ)אֱתוֹ Dn 3:26; Inf. לְמֵתֵה (K § 41 c)) v 2; Pt. אָתֵה 7:13;—come, c. עַל pers. Ezr 4:12 (+ ל loc.), 5:3; c. ל rei Dn 3:2; abs. v 26; 7:13, 22; sq. vb. fin. act. Ezr 5:16. bring: Pf. 3 ms. הַיְתִי (K l.c.), Dn 5:13 (acc. pers. + מִן loc.); 3 mpl. הַיְתִיו, acc. rei 5:3, so (ל acc.) v 23 (+ קֳדָם pers.), 6:17 (ל acc. pers.), v 25 (acc. pers.); Inf. לְהַיְתָיָה (so Egyptian Aramaic RÉS 361 C) 3:13 (ל acc. pers.), 5:2 (ל acc. rei). (pass., K l.c.) be brought: Pf. 3 fs. הֵיתַ֫יִת (K § 47, Beisp. 6, W CG 225) subj. rei Dn 6:18; 3 mpl. הֵיתַ֫יוּ subj. pers. 3:13 (+ קֳדָם pers.). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אֲתָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5ea_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 7:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.22/) עַ֣ד דִּֽי־אֲתָ֗ה עַתִּיק֙ יֽוֹמַיָּ֔א וְדִינָ֣א יְהִ֔ב לְקַדִּישֵׁ֖י עֶלְיוֹנִ֑ין וְזִמְנָ֣א מְטָ֔ה וּמַלְכוּתָ֖א הֶחֱסִ֥נוּ קַדִּישִֽׁין׃ *Word for word:* until that he.came the.\[one\].ancient of.(the) days and (the) judgment it.was.given for the.holy.\[ones\] of.the.Most.High and the.appointed time it.arrived and the kingdom they.took.possession.of \[the\].holy.\[ones\] *JPS 1917:* until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High; and the time came, and the saints possessed the kingdom. [Ezra 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.16/) אֱדַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר דֵּ֔ךְ אֲתָ֗א יְהַ֧ב אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א דִּי־בֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּמִן־אֱדַ֧יִן וְעַד־כְּעַ֛ן מִתְבְּנֵ֖א וְלָ֥א שְׁלִֽם׃ *Word for word:* then Sheshbazzar this he.came he.laid the foundations (diy).of the.house of.(the) God which \[is\].in Jerusalem and from then and until now \[it.is\].being.built and not \[it.is\].finished *JPS 1917:* Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed. - ← previous: [אָת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea.md) - next →: [אַתּוּן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5bc_5d5_5bc_5df.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)