עַתָּ֫ה 435 (also 
Ezekiel 23:43; 
Psalm 74:6 עת Kt, Qr 
עַתָּה), 
עָ֑֫תָּה Genesis 32:5 [
Genesis 32:4] +, 
adverb of time, 
now (properly accusative of [
`int], 
עֵת (Kö
ii. 260), 
at the time, in particular of the present time, i.e. 
now; compare German 
zur Zeit, Arabic 
 at the time
at the time, i.e. 
now); — now: 
    1.
    a. Genesis 12:19 ועתה הנה אשׁתך and 
now, behold thy wife, 
Genesis 22:12 ידעתי עתה ידעתי now, I know (so 
Exodus 18:11; 
Judges 17:13; 
H20881 Kings 17:24 [
עַתָּה זֶה], 
Psalm 20:7 [
Psalm 20:6]), 
Genesis 26:22, 
Genesis 26:29; 
H2088Genesis 27:36; 
Genesis 31:13, 
Genesis 31:28, etc., 
Exodus 5:5 הך רבים עתה עם הארץ; whether in opposed to past time, as 
Genesis 32:11 [
Genesis 32:10]; 
Joshua 14:11 כְּכֹחִי אָז וּכְכֹחִי עָ֑תָּה, 
Judges 11:8; 
1 Kings 12:4; 
Isaiah 1:21 ועתה מרצחים, 
Isaiah 16:14; 
Hosea 2:9 [
Hosea 2:7] 
כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מַעָ֑תָּה, 
Hosea 13:2, 
Job 30:1 +, or to future, as 
Numbers 24:17 אֶרְאֶנּוּ ולא עתה, 
Judges 8:6 חֲכַף עַתָּה־בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ זֶבַח וצ׳, 
1 Samuel 2:16 כִּי עַתָּה תִּתֵּן; = 
after all Numbers 22:38; 
Judges 8:2; = 
now at last 2 Samuel 24:16; 
1 Kings 19:4; 
2 Kings 19:25; 
Hosea 7:2; 
Jeremiah 4:12; and in the phrase 
מעתה ועד עולם Isaiah 9:6 [
Isaiah 9:7]; 
Isaiah 59:21; 
Micah 4:7 (see below), 
Psalm 113:2; 
Psalm 115:18; 
Psalm 121:8; 
Psalm 125:2; 
Psalm 131:3.
 
    2. Phrases:
    b. ועתה and, 
now, or 
now, therefore (
וְ 4), drawing a conclusion, especially (compare 
1e) a practical one, from what has been stated: 
Genesis 3:22 and now (since man has once been disobedient), lest he put forth his hand, etc., 
Genesis 20:7; Genesis 20:23 
וְעַתָּה הִשָּֽׁבְעָה לִי הֵ֫נָּה, 
Genesis 27:3, 
Genesis 27:8 ועתה בני שְׁמַע בקולי, 
Genesis 30:30; 
Genesis 31:16, 
Genesis 31:44; 
Genesis 37:20 + often, 
Isaiah 5:3, 
Isaiah 5:5; 
Psalm 2:10; 
Genesis 11:6 וגו׳ מֵהֶם לֹא־יִבָּצֵר ועתה, 
Genesis 31:30; 
Genesis 45:8; 
2 Samuel 19:11 [
2 Samuel 19:10]; 
Psalm 39:8 [
Psalm 39:7] 
אֲדֹנָי מַה־קִּוִּיתִי ועתה , 
Isaiah 52:5.
 
    g. כִּי עַתָּה for in this case, in our idiom, for then (עתה pointing to a condition assumed as a possible contingency: compare Dr§ 141, 142);
    (b) after a protasis, 
surely then Genesis 31:42 + (see 
כִּי 1d b, p. 472).
 
—Note. Read 
כְּמוֺ עַתָּ) (
 
 
) 
as now, for 
כְּמוֺ עֵת Ezekiel 16:57, 
עַתָּ נִשְׁבַּרְתְּ (
 
  
 
) 
now art thou broken ! for 
עֵת נִשְׁבֶּרֶת Ezekiel 27:34, and probably 
עַתָּ בָּא (Hi We Kö Now, compare 
 
 
) for 
עֶתבּֿאֹ Haggai 1:2; also 
עַתָּה for 
אַתָּה 1 Kings 1:20, and 
אַתָּה for 
עַתָּה 1 Kings 1:18b 2 Samuel 18:3. 
														
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