Day 27 of 75 · Perception and response

ʾ-T-Y

eta: come

אתא

ܐܶܬ݂ܳܐ

The feel

ʾ-T-Y is the root of coming and arriving. In the Gospels it covers nearly every kind of movement toward a person or place. A neighbor comes to the door, crowds gather, birds come for the seed, Yeshua comes walking on the sea, and the reign draws near.

The root family

Form	Pattern	Transliteration	Script	Standard	Qala rendering
Verb, perfect	Peal	ʾetā	אתא ܐܶܬ݂ܳܐ	he came	he came to them (Mt 14:25)
Verb, active participle	Peal	ʾāte	אתא ܐܳܬ݂ܶܐ	comes, is coming	the evil one comes (Mt 13:19)
Verb, imperfect (3fs)	Peal	tiʾte	תאתא ܬ݁ܺܐܬ݂ܶܐ	may it come	May your reign come (Mt 6:10)
Noun, "coming"	meʾtithā	meʾtiteh ("his coming")	מאתיתה ܡܶܐܬ݂ܺܝܬ݂ܶܗ	coming (Greek: parousia)	his coming

In the Gospels the verb appears throughout in the Peal, ʾetā, to come, arrive, or draw near (Matthew 6:10; 13:19; 14:25), and its causative means to bring, to make something come.

In his voice

Matthew 6:10

May your reign come.

tiʾte, "may it come." The same verb is used for any arrival, and here it asks for the reign to come where we are.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the reign and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown beside the road.

ʾāte, "comes." The same participle is used when the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown.

Matthew 14:25

In the fourth watch of the night, he came to them, walking on the sea.

ʾetā, "he came." The perfect tense. He came to them walking on the sea in the dark, and Matthew uses the same verb as for any arrival.

Practice

Stand still for one minute and wait for whatever comes to you, a sound, a smell, a person. Then say tiʾte malkutakh, may your reign come, aloud.

Connections

ʾ-Z-L: go M-L-K: reign eta: come meʾtithā: coming

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