2 Chronicles 24:20:152 Chr.24.20.W15TAB
לָמָה֩
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MA
- Extended
- laa-MAA
- 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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Word in context
- word
la-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-MA a-TEM o-ve-RIM
- clause
va-yo-MER la-HEM KO a-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM la-MA a-TEM o-ve-RIM et-mits-vo-T ye-ho-VAH ve-LO tats-li-KHU ki-a-zav-TEM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-ZOV et-khem
- sentence
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM la-ve-SHA et-ze-khar-ya ben-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-ya-a-MOD me-AL la-AM va-yo-MER la-HEM KO a-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM la-MA a-TEM o-ve-RIM et-mits-vo-T ye-ho-VAH ve-LO tats-li-KHU ki-a-zav-TEM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-ZOV et-khem
Exegesis
The interrogation lāmāh ’attēm ’ōvrîm ’et-miṣwōṯ Yəhôwāh {לָמָה אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים אֶת־מִצְוֺת יְהוָה | lāmāh ’attēm ’ōvrîm ’et-miṣwōṯ Yəhôwāh} challenges covenant violation, followed by wə-lō taṣlîḥû {וְלֹא תַצְלִיחוּ | wə-lō taṣlîḥû} stating consequence.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:20
And the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus says God : Why are you transgressing the commands of the LORD ? You will not prosper because you have forsaken the LORD, and He will forsake you."
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 24:20, so the Hebrew word לָמָה֩ (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 2 Chr.24.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.20.W15.S1) and character.