Midvash

זֶהzeh

עַתָּ֫ה: now, adverb of time

Pronunciation: zeh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2088

Meanings

1.

a. now (Genesis 12:19; Genesis 22:12; Exodus 18:11)

b. of the imminent or impending future (Genesis 19:9; Genesis 29:32; Genesis 29:34)

c. of a time ideally present (= then, from our point of view) (Isaiah 29:22; Hosea 10:3; Micah 4:9)

d. describing a present state = as things are (1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 13:12)

e. with an Imperative, as an encouragement, implying that the time has come for the exhortation or advice to be followed (Genesis 31:13; Exodus 18:19; Numbers 22:11)

2. Phrases

b. drawing a conclusion, especially, a practical one, from what has been stated (Genesis 3:22; Genesis 20:7; Genesis 20:23)

e. from now, henceforth, just now (Jeremiah 3:4; Isaiah 48:6; Daniel 10:17)

f. until now (Genesis 32:5; Deuteronomy 12:9; 2 Kings 13:23)

g. for in this case, for them (Exodus 9:15; Exodus 9:14; Numbers 22:29)

ᵑ7: particle [of relation], who, which, that, used also as mark of genitive and conjunction that, because

1. who, which, as rel., (construed like אֲשֶׁר)

a. whose, whom (Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:11; Daniel 2:24)

b. b, whoever, whatever (Daniel 3:6; Daniel 3:11; Daniel 4:14)

2. as mark of the genitive (Daniel 2:15; Daniel 2:19; Daniel 2:25)

3. as conjunction (compare אֲשֶׁר 8)

a. that, after verbs of knowing, seeing, hearing, introducing the subject of a sentence (Daniel 2:8; Daniel 2:9; Daniel 2:45)

b. = in that, inasmuch as, whereas (Daniel 2:41; Daniel 2:43; Daniel 4:20)

c. that, after verbs of asking, commanding, expressing a purpose (Daniel 2:16; Daniel 3:10; Daniel 3:29)

d. prefixed to direct narration (Daniel 2:25; Daniel 5:7; Daniel 6:6)

4. with prepositions and other prefixes

a. a according as, b. so soon as, when (Daniel 2:43; Daniel 3:7; Daniel 5:20)

b. a. because that, b. from (Daniel 3:22; Ezra 5:12; Isaiah 43:4)

c. until, ere that (Daniel 2:9; Daniel 2:34; Daniel 4:30)

d. above that which … (Daniel 3:19)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1,176 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 5:1 This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.
  • Genesis 5:29 Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed.”
  • Genesis 6:15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
  • Genesis 7:1 When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.
  • Genesis 7:11 When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.
  • Genesis 7:13 That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives.
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