2 Samuel 18:22:152 Sam.18.22.W15TAB
לָמָּה־זֶּ֞ה
lamaze
“why is this”
- Transliteration
- la-MA-ze
- Extended
- laa-MAH-zeh
- IPA
- /laːmːaːˈzɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why is this
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-MA-ze
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD a-khi-hi-MA-ats BEN-tsa-DOK va-yo-MER el-yo-AV vi-YI MA a-ru-TSA-na gam-a-NI a-kha-RE ha-ku-SHI va-yo-MER yo-AV la-MA-ze a-TA RATS be-NI u-le-KHA EN-be-so-RA mo-TSET
Exegesis
Joab’s response opens with the interrogative lāmâh {לָמָּה | lāmâh} followed by the participle rāṣ {רָץ | rāṣ} highlighting ongoing action.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:22
And Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, added again and said to Joab, “Whatever may happen, please let me also run after the Cushite .” And Joab said to him, “Why are you running, my son? You will have no reward for the news .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:22:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 18:22, so the Hebrew word לָמָּה־זֶּ֞ה (lamaze) 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.18.22.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.22.W15.S1) and character.