Hebrew · H859

אַתָּה

Thou and thee , or (plural) ye and you

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אַתָּה H859

Pronunciation ʾatāh

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

you 569× Genesis 3:11, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 7:1

but you 62× Genesis 4:7, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 38:23, Exodus 33:12

and you 48× 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 you 47× Genesis 3:14, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47, Genesis 27:18

As for you 18× Genesis 50:20, Numbers 14:32, 1 Kings 14:12, 1 Chronicles 28:9

do you 18× 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 are 14× 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 You 8× 1 Kings 8:32, 1 Kings 8:34, 1 Kings 8:36, 1 Kings 8:43

will you 8× Joshua 18:3, 1 Kings 18:21, Psalms 85:6, Isaiah 48:6

have you 7× Joshua 7:10, 1 Samuel 15:17, 1 Samuel 22:13, 1 Samuel 28:9

that you 7× Leviticus 20:24, Deuteronomy 9:5, Joshua 2:12, Judges 13:3

Yet You 7× Exodus 33:12, Numbers 11:21, Psalms 22:3, Jeremiah 14:9

And as for you 6× Exodus 14:16, 1 Kings 1:20, 1 Kings 9:4, 2 Chronicles 7:17

But as for you 6× Genesis 9:7, Exodus 9:30, 2 Chronicles 15:7, Jeremiah 27:9

may you 6× Genesis 24:60, 1 Samuel 23:21, 1 Kings 8:30, 1 Chronicles 29:10

neither you 6× Exodus 20:10, Deuteronomy 5:14, Deuteronomy 13:6, Deuteronomy 28:36

you yourself 6× Joshua 14:12, 1 Kings 1:17, 2 Chronicles 21:15, Psalms 119:102

Now you 5× Esther 8:8, Ezekiel 4:1, Ezekiel 21:19, Ezekiel 27:2

So you 5× Deuteronomy 21:9, Isaiah 43:12, Jeremiah 25:30, Jeremiah 36:6

Then you 5× Deuteronomy 5:27, Judges 7:18, 2 Kings 4:7, 2 Chronicles 2:16

to you 5× Judges 9:36, 1 Samuel 25:6, Isaiah 33:1, Ezekiel 34:17

when you 5× Deuteronomy 25:18, Deuteronomy 28:6, Deuteronomy 28:19, Joshua 18:6

while you 5× Leviticus 26:34, Numbers 32:6, Deuteronomy 28:43, 2 Chronicles 13:11

are you from 4× Genesis 29:4, 1 Samuel 30:13, 2 Samuel 1:13, 2 Samuel 15:2

Did you 4× Judges 11:7, 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:24, 2 Chronicles 20:7

of you 4× Exodus 12:22, Numbers 14:30, Deuteronomy 29:10, Haggai 1:9

should you 4× 2 Samuel 15:19, 2 Samuel 19:12, Isaiah 51:12, Jeremiah 27:13

yourself 4× Exodus 20:19, Judges 8:21, 1 Samuel 20:8, 2 Samuel 20:4

by You 3× 1 Kings 8:39, 2 Chronicles 6:30, Jeremiah 14:22

For You 3× 2 Samuel 7:20, 1 Chronicles 17:18, Psalms 50:17

If you 3× Joshua 22:18, Nehemiah 1:8, Jeremiah 12:5

since you 3× Exodus 23:9, 1 Samuel 15:6, 1 Samuel 26:16

vvv 3× Exodus 34:10, Psalms 59:5, Ezekiel 4:9

yourselves 3× Jeremiah 42:20, Ezekiel 20:30, Haggai 1:4

[are] you 2× 1 Samuel 26:14, Jeremiah 12:1

and that you 2× 1 Samuel 13:11, 1 Kings 18:37

And you yourself 2× Jeremiah 34:3, Amos 7:17

and you yourselves 2× 1 Samuel 8:17, Malachi 1:5

are Your 2× Psalms 82:8, Jonah 1:8

As you 2× 1 Kings 5:3, Psalms 40:9

Even though you 2× 1 Samuel 12:20, 1 Samuel 24:11

Now 2× Ezekiel 13:17, Ezekiel 21:28

O 2× Psalms 6:3, Ezekiel 7:2

the rest of you 2× Genesis 42:16, Genesis 44:17

Then 2× Ezekiel 4:3, Ezekiel 4:4

Therefore 2× Ezekiel 12:3, Ezekiel 33:12

Will you then 2× 2 Kings 19:11, Isaiah 37:11

would you 2× Joshua 22:18, 2 Kings 4:23

[and] you 1× Isaiah 44:21

[both] yourselves 1× Numbers 31:19

[doing so] 1× Zechariah 7:6

[May] you 1× 1 Samuel 26:25

[nor] you 1× Jeremiah 44:3

{Would} you 1× 2 Kings 6:22

alone 1× Psalms 76:7

and 1× Job 5:27

and [that] You 1× Numbers 14:14

and are you 1× 1 Samuel 17:8

and do You 1× 2 Chronicles 20:6

and if you 1× 2 Kings 10:6

And in exchange, you 1× 1 Kings 5:9

And now 1× Nehemiah 13:18

and the rest of you 1× Genesis 44:10

and when you 1× Deuteronomy 30:2

Are you the one 1× 2 Samuel 7:5

as if you were 1× Exodus 4:16

before you 1× Jeremiah 50:24

but 1× Deuteronomy 28:12

But are you 1× 2 Chronicles 28:10

But it is you 1× Psalms 55:13

but now you 1× Nehemiah 5:8

But only you 1× Numbers 18:7

but you are 1× 2 Samuel 20:19

But you too 1× Ezekiel 32:28

but Your 1× Isaiah 38:17

can you 1× Jeremiah 49:12

did you find 1× Judges 18:8

do you [belong] 1× 1 Samuel 30:13

do you belong 1× Genesis 32:17

do you have 1× Joel 3:4

do you people 1× Ezekiel 18:2

for yourselves 1× Job 27:12

Furthermore 1× Exodus 18:21

Get yourself 1× Jeremiah 1:17

Instead 1× Numbers 1:50

is your 1× Nehemiah 2:4

it is you 1× Numbers 16:11

long as you 1× Deuteronomy 31:13

Must you 1× Judges 14:3

Next 1× Exodus 28:1

nor will you 1× Ezekiel 11:11

nor you 1× Genesis 43:8

Now as for you 1× Ezekiel 33:10

Now, however, You 1× Psalms 89:38

of your 1× 2 Chronicles 32:10

on yourself 1× 1 Kings 20:40

only You 1× Ezekiel 37:3

should you now 1× Judges 11:23

so how could you 1× Jeremiah 25:29

so that you 1× Numbers 11:17

so that you fall 1× 2 Chronicles 25:19

So then 1× Ezekiel 21:14

that [it is] You 1× Judges 6:17

that is what you 1× Exodus 10:11

that you are 1× 2 Kings 1:6

though you [are] 1× Nehemiah 2:2

to whom 1× Deuteronomy 24:11

what do you 1× 2 Samuel 17:6

What you are 1× Jeremiah 40:16

when in fact you 1× Joshua 9:22

while the rest of you 1× Genesis 42:19

whom you 1× Jeremiah 13:21

Why would you fail to act 1× 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 also 1× Genesis 6:21

you are on my side 1× 2 Kings 10:6

you elicit from them 1× Jeremiah 29:8

you Levites 1× 1 Chronicles 15:13

You too 1× Zephaniah 2:12

you yourselves 1× Deuteronomy 29:16

You, however 1× Genesis 15:15

yours 1× 1 Kings 21:19

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Usage map

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

First aligned row Genesis 3:11

Aligned rows 1,092

Books represented 39

Genesis 70 Exodus 55 Leviticus 7 Numbers 42 Deuteronomy 91 Joshua 35 Judges 42 Ruth 8 1 Samuel 57 2 Samuel 48 1 Kings 57 2 Kings 23 1 Chronicles 17 2 Chronicles 41 Ezra 5 Nehemiah 30 Esther 3 Job 16 Psalms 119 Proverbs 9 Ecclesiastes 4 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 52 Jeremiah 104 Lamentations 3 Ezekiel 92 Daniel 4 Hosea 6 Joel 3 Amos 5 Obadiah 3 Jonah 4 Micah 5 Nahum 2 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 1 Haggai 3 Zechariah 11 Malachi 11

Source forms

אַתָּ֣ה 96x ’at·tāh Genesis 13:14, Genesis 24:44, Genesis 30:26, Genesis 30:29

אַתָּ֖ה 70x ’at·tāh Genesis 16:13, Genesis 20:7, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 27:18

אַתָּ֥ה 67x ’at·tāh Genesis 7:1, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 26:29

אַתָּה֙ 55x ’at·tāh Genesis 3:14, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 41:40

וְאַתָּ֣ה 48x wə·’at·tāh Genesis 6:21, Genesis 32:12, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 30:23

אַתֶּ֣ם 47x ’at·tem Genesis 44:27, Exodus 5:17, Exodus 10:11, Exodus 12:13

וְאַתָּ֖ה 32x wə·’at·tāh Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 38:23

אַתָּ֤ה 31x ’at·tāh Exodus 18:14, Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 9:2, Deuteronomy 11:10

Parsing patterns

Pronoun - second person masculine singular 538x Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:11

Pronoun - second person masculine plural 213x Genesis 29:4, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular 198x Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 6:21, Genesis 15:15

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural 69x Genesis 9:7, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 42:16, Genesis 42:19

Pronoun - second person feminine singular 43x Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine singular 14x Numbers 5:20, Judges 11:35, Judges 17:2, 1 Kings 14:12

Article | Pronoun - second person masculine singular 10x Genesis 27:21, Judges 13:11, 2 Samuel 2:20, 2 Samuel 7:5

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine plural 4x Genesis 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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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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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