Aramaic word · H607
אַנְתָּה
'antah
you
A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?
Appears 15 times in 14 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·
What it means
you, thou (second pers. sing.)
Aramaic of at.tah (אַתָּ֫ה "you(m.s.)" H0859A)
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Ezra · 1
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Ezra 7:25 וְאַ֣נְתְּ and you
And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.
Here: An emphatic 'and as for you.' The king turns from the treasurers he addressed in v. 24 back to Ezra himself.
Daniel · 14
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Daniel 2:29 אַ֣נְתְּ you
As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.
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Daniel 2:31 אַ֣נְתְּ you
As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.
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Daniel 2:37 אַ֣נְתְּ you
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
Here: Comes first and carries weight: 'You, you yourself.' Daniel turns from the dream to the man in front of him. The same 'you' comes back at the end of v. 38 ('you are that head of gold'), so these words open a sentence that finishes there.
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Daniel 2:38 אַנְתְּ you
Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
Here: An emphatic 'you', pointing straight at the king: you, and nobody else, are the meaning of the golden head.
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Daniel 3:10 אַ֣נְתְּ you
You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,
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Daniel 4:18 וְאַ֨נְתְּ וְאַ֣נְתְּ and you
This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
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Daniel 4:22 אַנְתְּ [is] you
you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.
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Daniel 5:13 אַנְתְּ you
So Daniel was brought before the king, who asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?
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Daniel 5:18 אַ֖נְתְּ you
As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
Here: An emphatic 'You' left hanging at the head of the sentence: 'As for you…'. Daniel points at Belshazzar before telling Nebuchadnezzar's story, and the sentence does not come back to him until v. 22: 'But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart.'
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Daniel 5:22 וְאַ֤נְתְּ and you
But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
Here: An emphatic 'you' at the head of the sentence. After the long story of Nebuchadnezzar (vv. 18–21), Daniel turns on the king in front of him: 'And *you*…'. The pronoun points straight at Belshazzar, much as Nathan's 'You are the man' does in 2 Samuel 12:7.
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Daniel 5:23 וְאַ֨נְתְּ and you
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
Here: 'And you.' The pronoun is written out for emphasis. Belshazzar heads the list of people who drank.
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Daniel 6:16 אַ֤נְתְּ you
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
Here: An explicit 'you'. It puts weight on Daniel personally as the one who keeps up this service.
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Daniel 6:20 אַ֤נְתְּ you
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
Here: 'You' is stated outright, which adds weight: 'whom you yourself worship.'
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