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

Full entry for אַתָּה (H859) · Open the biblical lexicon

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

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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אַתָּה

What does אַתָּה (ʾatāh) mean in the Bible?

What does אַתָּה (ʾatāh) mean in the Bible?

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Where does אַתָּה (ʾatāh) appear in Scripture?

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