2 Samuel 18:11:82 Sam.18.11.W8TAB
וּמַדּ֗וּעַ
umadua
“and why”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-DU-a
- Extended
- oo-mah-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /uːmadˈduː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and why
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-ma-DU-a
- clause
va-YO-mer yo-AV la-ISH ha-ma-GID LO ve-hi-NE ra-I-ta u-ma-DU-a LO-hi-KI-to SHAM AR-tse
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-AV la-ISH ha-ma-GID LO ve-hi-NE ra-I-ta u-ma-DU-a LO-hi-KI-to SHAM AR-tse ve-a-LAI la-TET le-KHA a-sa-RA KE-sef va-kha-go-RA e-KHAT
Exegesis
The interrogative ū-mad-ḏûaʿ lō hiqqîṯô {וּמַדּוּעַ לֹא הִכִּיתוֹ | ū-mad-ḏûaʿ lō hiqqîṯô} forms a rhetorical question that highlights the messenger’s failure to act.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:11
And Joab said to the man who was reporting to him, “Behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there on the ground? Then it would have fallen to me to give you ten pieces of silver and one belt .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 18:11, so the Hebrew word וּמַדּ֗וּעַ (umadua) 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.18.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.11.W8.S1) and character.