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Atnach on the First Word — Full List

Companion to Adventure with Atnach. Every verse in the Hebrew Bible where the atnach (etnahta) falls on the very first word of the verse — found by scanning all 23,217 OT verses in the TAHOT morphology data for a first word carrying the etnahta mark (U+0591).

41 verses total. Two (marked *) fall in the Aramaic portion of Daniel and are included for completeness, not as Hebrew examples.

Reference Hebrew Gloss
Genesis 15:8 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר and he said
Genesis 18:3 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר and he said
Genesis 19:7 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר and he said
Genesis 24:34 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר and he said
Genesis 30:28 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר and he said
Genesis 34:31 וַיֹּאמְר֑וּ and they said
Genesis 35:5 וַיִּסָּ֑עוּ and they set out
Genesis 44:6 וַֽיַּשִּׂגֵ֑ם and he overtook them
Exodus 33:14 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר and he said
Exodus 33:18 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר and he said
Leviticus 8:19 וַיִּשְׁחָ֑ט and he slaughtered
Leviticus 22:19 לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם for your acceptance
Joshua 15:33 בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֑ה in the Shephelah
Joshua 15:48 וּבָהָ֑ר and in the hill country
Joshua 15:61 בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר in the wilderness
2 Samuel 22:2 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר and he said
1 Chronicles 4:35 וְיוֹאֵ֑ל and Joel
1 Chronicles 6:20 לְֽגֵרְשׁ֑וֹם of Gershom
1 Chronicles 6:26 אֶלְקָנָ֑ה Elkanah
1 Chronicles 24:21 לִרְחַבְיָ֑הוּ for Rehabiah
1 Chronicles 25:3 לִידוּת֑וּן for Jeduthun
1 Chronicles 25:4 לְהֵימָ֑ן for Heman
1 Chronicles 26:20 וְֽהַלְוִיִּ֑ם and the Levites
2 Chronicles 29:33 וְֽהַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים and the holy offerings
Ezra 2:36 הַֽכֹּהֲנִ֑ים the priests
Ezra 2:40 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם the Levites
Ezra 2:41 הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים the singers
Ezra 2:43 הַנְּתִינִ֑ים the temple servants
Ezra 10:25 וּמִֽיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל and of Israel
Nehemiah 7:39 הַֽכֹּהֲנִ֑ים the priests
Nehemiah 7:43 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם the Levites
Nehemiah 7:44 הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים the singers
Nehemiah 7:46 הַנְּתִינִ֑ים the temple servants
Nehemiah 10:9 וְֽהַלְוִיִּ֑ם and the Levites
Nehemiah 10:10 וַאֲחֵיהֶ֑ם and their brothers
Ezekiel 10:13 לָא֖וֹפַנִּ֑ים to the wheels
Ezekiel 33:33 וּבְבֹאָ֑הּ and when it comes
Ezekiel 34:19 וְצֹאנִ֑י and my flock
Ezekiel 46:10 וְֽהַנָּשִׂ֑יא and the prince
Daniel 5:27 * תְּקֵ֑ל teqel
Daniel 5:28 * פְּרֵ֑ס peres