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title: אַתָּה — thou · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַתָּה (859), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 744 times: thou. BDB 1906: pron. thou. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַתָּה

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«אַתָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thou** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 744 times · **Key:** 859 · **BDB:** אַתָּ֫ה

### Glosses

you (683); \[are\].you (51); you? (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thou [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/859/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pron. thou [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/859/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (so regularly; but 26–7 times, with different disj. accents, אַ֑תָּה: v. FrMM 228; Sta§ 178 a (read 8 for 18) pron. 2 s. m. thou (for anta, v. supr.; cf. נָתַתָּ for נָתַנְתָּ) Gn 3:11, 19 + often. Written אַתָּ †1 S 24:18 ψ 6:4; Jb 1:10; Ec 7:22; Ne 9:6. Appended to a vb. for emph., Ex 18:19(×2) 1 S 17:56 שְׁאַל אַתָּה inquire thou, 20:8; 22:18; Is 43:26 סַפֵּר אַתָּה. Added for the purpose of strengthening a gen. or accus. sf. 1 K 21:19; Pr 22:19 (Ges§ 135, 2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַתָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/859/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 22:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.4/)

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וְאַתָּ֥ה קָד֑וֹשׁ י֝וֹשֵׁ֗ב תְּהִלּ֥וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and you \[are\].holy sitting the.praises of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Yet Thou art holy, O Thou that art enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

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[Psalms 76:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.5/)

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נָ֭אוֹר אַתָּ֥ה אַדִּ֗יר מֵֽהַרְרֵי־טָֽרֶף׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].lighted.up you \[are\].majestic more than.mountains of.prey

*JPS 1917:* Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey.

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