2 Samuel 19:25:92 Sam.19.25.W9TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:26
לָ֛מָּה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- LA-ma
- Extended
- LAA-mah
- IPA
- /ˈlaːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
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 |
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Word in context
- word
LA-ma
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ME-lekh LA-ma
- clause
va-YO-mer LO ha-ME-lekh LA-ma LO-ha-LAKH-ta IM-MI me-fi-VO-shet
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI-VA ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer LO ha-ME-lekh LA-ma LO-ha-LAKH-ta IM-MI me-fi-VO-shet
Exegesis
The interrogative lā·māh {לָמָּה | lā·māh} initiates a direct question, and the negated perfect lō·hā·lakh·tā {לֹא־הָלַכְתָּ | lō·hā·lakh·tā} maintains the Hebrew VSO pattern before the subject.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:25
And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:25:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 19:25, so the Hebrew word לָ֛מָּה (lama) 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.19.25.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.25.W9.S1) and character.