2 Samuel 18:22:82 Sam.18.22.W8TAB
מָ֔ה
ma
“what”
- Transliteration
- MA
- Extended
- MAA
- IPA
- /ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
MA
- phraseyour reading level
vi-YI MA
- 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.
Root and etymology
l-ch-mlamed–chet–mem
“to fight”
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 18:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 18:22, so the Hebrew word מָ֔ה (ma) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.22.W8.S1) and character.