2 Samuel 14:13:32 Sam.14.13.W3TAB
וְלָ֧מָּה
velama
“and why”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-MA
- Extended
- veh-laa-MAA
- IPA
- /vəlaːmˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and why
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 kha-SHAV-te
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ve-la-MA kha-SHAV-te ka-ZOT al-AM e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ve-la-MA kha-SHAV-te ka-ZOT al-AM e-lo-HIM u-mi-da-BER ha-ME-lekh ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ke-a-SHEM le-vil-TI ha-SHIV ha-ME-lekh et-nid-KHO
Exegesis
Velamah {וְלָ֧מָּה | wə-lā-mā(h)} introduces an interrogative clause, challenging khashavta {חָשַׁבְתָּה | ḥā-šav-tā(h)} ‘you planned’, a Qal perfect verb addressing the king’s prior intent.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:13
And the woman said, “So why have you planned such a thing against the people of God ? By speaking this word, the king renders himself guilty, for the king does not bring back his banished one .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 14:13, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֧מָּה (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 Sam.14.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.13.W3.S1) and character.