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Joshua 9:23

“Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עַתָּהʻattâh · at-taw'
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
  • עַתָּ֖ה — adverb
Code HC/D
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.

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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.