1 Kings 14:6:121 Kgs.14.6.W12TAB
לָ֣מָּה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MA
- Extended
- laa-MAH
- IPA
- /laːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-MA ZE
- clause
la-MA ZE AT mit-na-KE-ra ve-a-NO-khi sha-LU-akh e-la-YIKH ka-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-MO-a a-khi-YA-hu et-KOL rag-le-HA ba-A ba-PE-takh va-yo-MER BO-i E-shet ya-rav-AM la-MA ZE AT mit-na-KE-ra ve-a-NO-khi sha-LU-akh e-la-YIKH ka-SHA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | wayyṓmer} introduces the summons boi {בֹּ֖אִי | bṓ’î}, and the interrogative lamah ze {לָ֣מָּה זֶּ֗ה | lāmmā́h zéh} heightens rhetorical force.
Root and etymology
š-l-mš-l-m
“peace”
In context — 1 Kings 14:6
And it happened, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming at the entrance , he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you disguising yourself? I have been sent to you with a harsh message.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 14:6, so the Hebrew word לָ֣מָּה (lama) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.14.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.6.W12.S1) and character.