2 Chronicles 24:6:72 Chr.24.6.W7TAB
מַדּ֙וּעַ֙
maddua
“why”
- Transliteration
- mad-DU-a
- Extended
- mahd-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /madˈduː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
mad-DU-a
- clause
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh li-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ROSH va-yo-MER LO mad-DU-a lo-DA-rash-TA al-ha-le-vi-YIM le-ha-VI mi-ye-hu-DA u-mi-ru-sha-LA-yim et-mas-Et mo-SHE E-ved-ye-ho-VAH ve-hak-ka-HAL le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh li-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ROSH va-yo-MER LO mad-DU-a lo-DA-rash-TA al-ha-le-vi-YIM le-ha-VI mi-ye-hu-DA u-mi-ru-sha-LA-yim et-mas-Et mo-SHE E-ved-ye-ho-VAH ve-hak-ka-HAL le-yis-ra-EL le-O-hel ha-e-DUT
Exegesis
The question marker maddua {מַדּוּעַ | maddūaʿ} “why” begins a causal interrogative clause with lo-darashta {לֹא־דָרַשְׁתָּ | lō-dārašta} “have you not required.”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:6
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the collection, according to the command of Moses, the servant of the LORD , and of the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 24:6, so the Hebrew word מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ (maddua) 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.24.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.6.W7.S1) and character.