1 Samuel 15:19:11 Sam.15.19.W1TAB
וְלָ֥מָּה
vehlahmma
“and why”
- Transliteration
- veh-lahm-MA
- Extended
- veh-lahm-MAA
- IPA
- /və.lamˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and why
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
veh-lahm-MA
- phraseyour reading level
veh-lahm-MA loh-shah-mah-eh-TA
- clause
veh-lahm-MA loh-shah-mah-eh-TA beh-KOL Yeh-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-lahm-MA loh-shah-mah-eh-TA beh-KOL Yeh-ho-VAH vah-ta-AT el-ha-sha-LAL vah-ta-AS hah-RA beh-eh-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with velamah {וְלָמָּה | wə-lā-mā} ‘and why’, introducing a rhetorical rebuke.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:19
And why did you not listen to the voice of the LORD ? Instead, you swooped upon the plunder and did the evil in the eyes of the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:19, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֥מָּה (vehlahmma) 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 Sam.15.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.19.W1.S1) and character.