2 Samuel 19:10:82 Sam.19.10.W8TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:11
לָ֤מָּה
lamma
“why”
- Transliteration
- LAM-ma
- Extended
- LAAM-mah
- IPA
- /ˈlaːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
LAM-ma
- phraseyour reading level
LAM-ma a-TEM
- clause
ve-a-TA LAM-ma a-TEM ma-kha-ri-SHIM le-ha-SHIV ET-ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-av-sha-LOM a-SHER ma-SHAKH-nu a-LE-nu MET bam-mil-kha-MA ve-a-TA LAM-ma a-TEM ma-kha-ri-SHIM le-ha-SHIV ET-ham-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The conjunction in ve-atah {וְעַתָּה | wə-ʿa-ttāh} and the interrogative lamah {לָמָּה | lā-māh} introduce a rhetorical question, foregrounding the Piel participle macharishim {מַחֲרִשִׁים | ma-ḥa-ri-šîm} for intentional silence.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:10
And Absalom , whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle, and now why are you silent about bringing back the king ?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 19:10, so the Hebrew word לָ֤מָּה (lamma) 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.19.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.10.W8.S1) and character.