2 Kings 14:10:92 Kgs.14.10.W9TAB
וְלָ֤מָּה
velama
“and why”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-MA
- Extended
- veh-laa-MAH
- IPA
- /vəlaˈmːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and why
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-la-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-MA tit-ga-RE
- clause
hi-ka-VED ve-SHEV be-VE-te-kha ve-la-MA tit-ga-RE be-ra-A ve-na-fal-TA a-TA vi-ye-hu-DA im-MAKH
- sentence
ha-KE hi-KI-ta et-e-DOM u-ne-sa-a-KHA li-BE-kha hi-ka-VED ve-SHEV be-VE-te-kha ve-la-MA tit-ga-RE be-ra-A ve-na-fal-TA a-TA vi-ye-hu-DA im-MAKH
Exegesis
The interrogative conjunction welamah {וְלָ֤מָּה | wə-lā-māh} ‘and why’ introduces the Hitpael imperfect titgaresh {תִתְגָּרֶה֙ | tit-ga-rê-ḥ} ‘would you provoke’, expressing self-entanglement.
In context — 2 Kings 14:10
You have surely struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Take honor for it, but stay in your house. Why provoke trouble, so that you fall—you and Judah with you?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 14:10, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֤מָּה (velama) 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 Kgs.14.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.10.W9.S1) and character.