Hebrew · H859

אַתָּה

Thou and thee , or (plural) ye and you

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אַתָּהH859
Pronunciationʾatāh

What does אַתָּה (ʾatāh) mean in the Bible?

אַתָּה (ʾatāh): Second person pronoun marking direct address and covenant relationship in dialogical contexts

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Questions this entry answers

What does אַתָּה (ʾatāh) mean in the Bible?

אַתָּה (ʾatāh): Second person pronoun marking direct address and covenant relationship in dialogical contexts

How does the BSB render H859?

The BSB source-word alignment has 1,092 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include you (569), but you (62), and you (48), . . . (47), are you (47).

Where does אַתָּה (ʾatāh) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 3:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (119), Jeremiah (104), Ezekiel (92), Deuteronomy (91).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
you569×Genesis 3:11, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 7:1
but you62×Genesis 4:7, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 38:23, Exodus 33:12
and you48×Genesis 3:15, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 27:20
. . .47×Genesis 24:44, Genesis 42:34, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 18:19
are you47×Genesis 3:14, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47, Genesis 27:18
As for you18×Genesis 50:20, Numbers 14:32, 1 Kings 14:12, 1 Chronicles 28:9
do you18×Exodus 18:14, 2 Samuel 18:22, 2 Samuel 19:10, 1 Kings 2:22
-17×Exodus 5:11, Exodus 16:8, Exodus 30:23, Exodus 31:13
you are14×Genesis 12:13, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 29:14, Genesis 29:15
you [are]10×Genesis 3:19, Exodus 4:25, 1 Samuel 19:3, 1 Samuel 29:9
then may You8×1 Kings 8:32, 1 Kings 8:34, 1 Kings 8:36, 1 Kings 8:43
will you8×Joshua 18:3, 1 Kings 18:21, Psalms 85:6, Isaiah 48:6
have you7×Joshua 7:10, 1 Samuel 15:17, 1 Samuel 22:13, 1 Samuel 28:9
that you7×Leviticus 20:24, Deuteronomy 9:5, Joshua 2:12, Judges 13:3
Yet You7×Exodus 33:12, Numbers 11:21, Psalms 22:3, Jeremiah 14:9
And as for you6×Exodus 14:16, 1 Kings 1:20, 1 Kings 9:4, 2 Chronicles 7:17
But as for you6×Genesis 9:7, Exodus 9:30, 2 Chronicles 15:7, Jeremiah 27:9
may you6×Genesis 24:60, 1 Samuel 23:21, 1 Kings 8:30, 1 Chronicles 29:10
neither you6×Exodus 20:10, Deuteronomy 5:14, Deuteronomy 13:6, Deuteronomy 28:36
you yourself6×Joshua 14:12, 1 Kings 1:17, 2 Chronicles 21:15, Psalms 119:102
Now you5×Esther 8:8, Ezekiel 4:1, Ezekiel 21:19, Ezekiel 27:2
So you5×Deuteronomy 21:9, Isaiah 43:12, Jeremiah 25:30, Jeremiah 36:6
Then you5×Deuteronomy 5:27, Judges 7:18, 2 Kings 4:7, 2 Chronicles 2:16
to you5×Judges 9:36, 1 Samuel 25:6, Isaiah 33:1, Ezekiel 34:17
when you5×Deuteronomy 25:18, Deuteronomy 28:6, Deuteronomy 28:19, Joshua 18:6
while you5×Leviticus 26:34, Numbers 32:6, Deuteronomy 28:43, 2 Chronicles 13:11
are you from4×Genesis 29:4, 1 Samuel 30:13, 2 Samuel 1:13, 2 Samuel 15:2
Did you4×Judges 11:7, 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:24, 2 Chronicles 20:7
of you4×Exodus 12:22, Numbers 14:30, Deuteronomy 29:10, Haggai 1:9
should you4×2 Samuel 15:19, 2 Samuel 19:12, Isaiah 51:12, Jeremiah 27:13
yourself4×Exodus 20:19, Judges 8:21, 1 Samuel 20:8, 2 Samuel 20:4
by You3×1 Kings 8:39, 2 Chronicles 6:30, Jeremiah 14:22
For You3×2 Samuel 7:20, 1 Chronicles 17:18, Psalms 50:17
If you3×Joshua 22:18, Nehemiah 1:8, Jeremiah 12:5
since you3×Exodus 23:9, 1 Samuel 15:6, 1 Samuel 26:16
vvv3×Exodus 34:10, Psalms 59:5, Ezekiel 4:9
yourselves3×Jeremiah 42:20, Ezekiel 20:30, Haggai 1:4
[are] you2×1 Samuel 26:14, Jeremiah 12:1
and that you2×1 Samuel 13:11, 1 Kings 18:37
And you yourself2×Jeremiah 34:3, Amos 7:17
and you yourselves2×1 Samuel 8:17, Malachi 1:5
are Your2×Psalms 82:8, Jonah 1:8
As you2×1 Kings 5:3, Psalms 40:9
Even though you2×1 Samuel 12:20, 1 Samuel 24:11
Now2×Ezekiel 13:17, Ezekiel 21:28
O2×Psalms 6:3, Ezekiel 7:2
the rest of you2×Genesis 42:16, Genesis 44:17
Then2×Ezekiel 4:3, Ezekiel 4:4
Therefore2×Ezekiel 12:3, Ezekiel 33:12
Will you then2×2 Kings 19:11, Isaiah 37:11
would you2×Joshua 22:18, 2 Kings 4:23
[and] you1×Isaiah 44:21
[both] yourselves1×Numbers 31:19
[doing so]1×Zechariah 7:6
[May] you1×1 Samuel 26:25
[nor] you1×Jeremiah 44:3
{Would} you1×2 Kings 6:22
alone1×Psalms 76:7
and1×Job 5:27
and [that] You1×Numbers 14:14
and are you1×1 Samuel 17:8
and do You1×2 Chronicles 20:6
and if you1×2 Kings 10:6
And in exchange, you1×1 Kings 5:9
And now1×Nehemiah 13:18
and the rest of you1×Genesis 44:10
and when you1×Deuteronomy 30:2
Are you the one1×2 Samuel 7:5
as if you were1×Exodus 4:16
before you1×Jeremiah 50:24
but1×Deuteronomy 28:12
But are you1×2 Chronicles 28:10
But it is you1×Psalms 55:13
but now you1×Nehemiah 5:8
But only you1×Numbers 18:7
but you are1×2 Samuel 20:19
But you too1×Ezekiel 32:28
but Your1×Isaiah 38:17
can you1×Jeremiah 49:12
did you find1×Judges 18:8
do you [belong]1×1 Samuel 30:13
do you belong1×Genesis 32:17
do you have1×Joel 3:4
do you people1×Ezekiel 18:2
for yourselves1×Job 27:12
Furthermore1×Exodus 18:21
Get yourself1×Jeremiah 1:17
Instead1×Numbers 1:50
is your1×Nehemiah 2:4
it is you1×Numbers 16:11
long as you1×Deuteronomy 31:13
Must you1×Judges 14:3
Next1×Exodus 28:1
nor will you1×Ezekiel 11:11
nor you1×Genesis 43:8
Now as for you1×Ezekiel 33:10
Now, however, You1×Psalms 89:38
of your1×2 Chronicles 32:10
on yourself1×1 Kings 20:40
only You1×Ezekiel 37:3
should you now1×Judges 11:23
so how could you1×Jeremiah 25:29
so that you1×Numbers 11:17
so that you fall1×2 Chronicles 25:19
So then1×Ezekiel 21:14
that [it is] You1×Judges 6:17
that is what you1×Exodus 10:11
that you are1×2 Kings 1:6
though you [are]1×Nehemiah 2:2
to whom1×Deuteronomy 24:11
what do you1×2 Samuel 17:6
What you are1×Jeremiah 40:16
when in fact you1×Joshua 9:22
while the rest of you1×Genesis 42:19
whom you1×Jeremiah 13:21
Why would you fail to act1×Judges 18:9
You [people]1×Jeremiah 2:31
you [were once]1×1 Samuel 15:17
you [were]1×1 Chronicles 11:2
You [will]1×1 Kings 20:14
You are also1×Genesis 6:21
you are on my side1×2 Kings 10:6
you elicit from them1×Jeremiah 29:8
you Levites1×1 Chronicles 15:13
You too1×Zephaniah 2:12
you yourselves1×Deuteronomy 29:16
You, however1×Genesis 15:15
yours1×1 Kings 21:19
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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowGenesis 3:11
Aligned rows1,092
Books represented39
Genesis70Exodus55Leviticus7Numbers42Deuteronomy91Joshua35Judges42Ruth81 Samuel572 Samuel481 Kings572 Kings231 Chronicles172 Chronicles41Ezra5Nehemiah30Esther3Job16Psalms119Proverbs9Ecclesiastes4Song Of Solomon1Isaiah52Jeremiah104Lamentations3Ezekiel92Daniel4Hosea6Joel3Amos5Obadiah3Jonah4Micah5Nahum2Habakkuk3Zephaniah1Haggai3Zechariah11Malachi11
Source forms
אַתָּ֣ה96x’at·tāhGenesis 13:14, Genesis 24:44, Genesis 30:26, Genesis 30:29
אַתָּ֖ה70x’at·tāhGenesis 16:13, Genesis 20:7, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 27:18
אַתָּ֥ה67x’at·tāhGenesis 7:1, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 26:29
אַתָּה֙55x’at·tāhGenesis 3:14, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 41:40
וְאַתָּ֣ה48xwə·’at·tāhGenesis 6:21, Genesis 32:12, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 30:23
אַתֶּ֣ם47x’at·temGenesis 44:27, Exodus 5:17, Exodus 10:11, Exodus 12:13
וְאַתָּ֖ה32xwə·’at·tāhGenesis 3:15, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 38:23
אַתָּ֤ה31x’at·tāhExodus 18:14, Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 9:2, Deuteronomy 11:10
Parsing patterns
Pronoun - second person masculine singular538xGenesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:11
Pronoun - second person masculine plural213xGenesis 29:4, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular198xGenesis 3:15, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 6:21, Genesis 15:15
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural69xGenesis 9:7, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 42:16, Genesis 42:19
Pronoun - second person feminine singular43xGenesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine singular14xNumbers 5:20, Judges 11:35, Judges 17:2, 1 Kings 14:12
Article | Pronoun - second person masculine singular10xGenesis 27:21, Judges 13:11, 2 Samuel 2:20, 2 Samuel 7:5
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine plural4xGenesis 31:6, Ezekiel 13:11, Ezekiel 34:17, Ezekiel 34:31
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