2 Chronicles 25:16:102 Chr.25.16.W10TAB
לָ֣מָּה
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 yak-KU-kha
- clause
va-ye-HI be-dab-RO e-LA-yv va-yo-MER LO hal-yo-ETS la-ME-lekh ne-tan-NU-kha kha-DAL-le-kha LA-ma yak-KU-kha
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-dab-RO e-LA-yv va-yo-MER LO hal-yo-ETS la-ME-lekh ne-tan-NU-kha kha-DAL-le-kha LA-ma yak-KU-kha va-ye-KHAD-dal ha-na-VI va-yo-MER ya-DAT-ti ki-ya-ATS e-lo-HIM le-hash-khi-TE-kha ki-a-SI-ta ZOT ve-LO sha-MAT-ta la-a-tsa-TI
Exegesis
The interrogative lamah {לָ֣מָּה | lā·mmāh} ‘why’ introduces the rhetorical question yakukha {יַכּ֑וּךָ | ya·kū·ḵā} ‘should they strike you.’
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:16
And it happened, as he was speaking to him, that the king said, “Have we appointed you as counselor to the king? Cease for yourself; why should they strike you?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 25:16, so the Hebrew word לָ֣מָּה (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.25.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.16.W10.S1) and character.