2 Samuel 19:29:42 Sam.19.29.W4TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:30
לָ֣מָּה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MA
- Extended
- laa-MAH
- IPA
- /laːˈmːaː/
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
la-MA te-da-BER OD
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO ha-ME-lekh la-MA te-da-BER OD de-va-RE-kha a-MAR-ti a-TA ve-tsi-VA takh-le-KU ET-ha-SA-de
Exegesis
The interrogative lāmmāh {לָמָּה | lāmmāh} ‘why’ with the piel imperfect tədabbēr {תְּדַבֵּר | tədabbēr} ‘do you speak’ forms a challenge.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:29
The king said to him, “Why do you still speak your words? I have spoken: you and Ziba shall divide the field .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 19:29, so the Hebrew word לָ֣מָּה (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.19.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.29.W4.S1) and character.