אַתָּה attah

Hebrew word for “you(m.s.)” · Strong’s H859 · used 1,092 times in 997 verses

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Meaning

you (second pers. sing. masc.)

Senses in the lexicon

• you(m.s.) (743)
• you(m.p.) (283)
• you(f.s.) (61)
• you(f.p.) (5)

How it is translated

Glosses given for attah in context, with how often each is used:

• you 1,073
• ¿ are 6
• you? 6
• ¿ 5
• will 2

Where it is used

Also in 27 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 28 (12), 1 Kings 18 (10), Nehemiah 9 (9), Deuteronomy 4 (8), 1 Kings 8 (8), 2 Chronicles 6 (8), Judges 9 (7), Judges 11 (7), Psalms 89 (7), Psalms 119 (7)

Forms

• אתה 536
• אתם 213
• ואתה 197
• ואתם 69
• את 45
• ואת 15
• האתה 10
• ואתנה 3
• שׁאתה 1
• האתם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with attah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָדַע yada “to know” 97
• זֶה zeh “this” 90
• ךָּ ka “you” 76
• מָה mah “what?” 76
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 75
• אָב av “father” 83
• אִם im “if” 78
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 80
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 86
• עַתָּה attah “now” 61
• נִי ni “me” 73
• כֶם khem “you” 64

Key verses

The verses using attah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• 2 Chronicles 14:11 — And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our…
• Psalms 63:1 — [A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for…
• Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
• Isaiah 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;…
• Isaiah 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded…
• Jeremiah 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed turn thou me, and I shall be turned;…
• Jeremiah 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
• Hosea 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou…
• Micah 5:2 — But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;…
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.