Original Language Studio
Numbers 22:6
“Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.” (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
- עַתָּה֩ — 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.