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 |