1 Samuel 20:2:171 Sam.20.2.W17TAB
וּמַדּ֨וּעַ
umaddua
“and why”
- Transliteration
- u-mad-DU-a
- Extended
- oo-mahd-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /uː.madˈduː.ʕaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and why
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
u-mad-DU-a
- phraseyour reading level
u-mad-DU-a yis-TIR a-VI
- clause
u-mad-DU-a yis-TIR a-VI mi-ME-ni et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE u-mad-DU-a yis-TIR a-VI mi-ME-ni et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE EN ZOT
In context — 1 Samuel 20:2
And Jonathan said to David, “You shall not die! For my father does not undertake any of this great matter without disclosing it to me; why should he conceal it from me?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word וּמַדּ֨וּעַ (umaddua) 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.20.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.2.W17.S1) and character.