אָתָה ʼâthâh — to arrive
Translated in the KJV as (be-, things to) come, bring.
or אָתָא; a primitive root (collateral to H225 contraction); to arrive.
ʼâthâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 6Wayyiqtol 4Imperative 3Participle (active) 3Perfect (qatal) 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Hiph'il
Imperative 2
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›