1 Samuel 20:32:71 Sam.20.32.W7TAB
לָ֥מָּה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- LA-ma
- Extended
- LAA-mah
- IPA
- /ˈlaːm.maː/
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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Word in context
- word
LA-ma
- phraseyour reading level
LA-ma yu-MAT
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV LA-ma yu-MAT ME A-SA
- sentence
va-YA-an ye-ho-NA-tan ET-sha-UL a-VIV va-YO-mer e-LAV LA-ma yu-MAT ME A-SA
In context — 1 Samuel 20:32
And Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, “Why should this man die ? What has he done ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 20:32, so the Hebrew word לָ֥מָּה (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 Sam.20.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.32.W7.S1) and character.