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title: אַתָּה — thou · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַתָּה (lemma:אַתָּה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:אַתָּה · **BDB:** אַתָּ֫ה

### Glosses

you (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thou [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pron. thou [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d4/#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, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַתָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 28:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.14/)

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אַ֨תְּ־כְּר֔וּב מִמְשַׁ֖ח הַסּוֹכֵ֑ךְ וּנְתַתִּ֗יךָ בְּהַ֨ר קֹ֤דֶשׁ אֱלֹהִים֙ הָיִ֔יתָ בְּת֥וֹךְ אַבְנֵי־אֵ֖שׁ הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* you \[were\].a.cherub of.expansion \[which\] covers and I appointed.you on the.mountain of.the.holiness of.God you.were in the.middle of.stones of.fire you.walked.about

*JPS 1917:* Thou wast the far-covering cherub; and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of stones of fire.

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[Numbers 11:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.15/)

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וְאִם־כָּ֣כָה ׀ אַתְּ־עֹ֣שֶׂה לִּ֗י הָרְגֵ֤נִי נָא֙ הָרֹ֔ג אִם־מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וְאַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּרָעָתִֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* and if thus you \[are\].doing to me kill me please immediately.(kill) if I.have.found favor in eyes your and not let.me.look on distress my

*JPS 1917:* And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness.'

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