1 Samuel 20:8:151 Sam.20.8.W15TAB
לָמָּה־זֶּ֥ה
lammaze
“why is this”
- Transliteration
- lam-MA-ze
- Extended
- laa-MAH-zeh
- IPA
- /lɔːmˈmɔː.zɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why is this
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lam-MA-ze
- phraseyour reading level
lam-MA-ze te-vi-E-ni
- sentence
ve-im-YESH-BI a-VON ha-mi-TE-ni a-TA ve-ad-a-VI lam-MA-ze te-vi-E-ni
In context — 1 Samuel 20:8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. Yet if there is guilt in me, strike me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word לָמָּה־זֶּ֥ה (lammaze) 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.20.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.8.W15.S1) and character.