Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 12:2
“And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6258 · Hebrew
- Definition
- at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
- Derivation
- from H6256 (עֵת);
- KJV renderings
- henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- עַתָּ֞ה — adverb
- Usage
- Occurs 435 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:22Genesis 4:11Genesis 11:6Genesis 12:19Genesis 19:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עַתָּה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.