2 Samuel 19:36:62 Sam.19.36.W6TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:37
וְלָ֙מָה֙
velama
“and why”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-MA
- Extended
- veh-laa-MAA
- IPA
- /vəlaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and why
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-MA
- clause
ve-la-MA yig-me-LE-ni ha-ME-lekh ha-ge-mu-LA ha-ZOT
- sentence
ke-MA-at ya-a-VOR a-ve-DE-kha ET-ha-yar-DEN ET-ha-ME-lekh ve-la-MA yig-me-LE-ni ha-ME-lekh ha-ge-mu-LA ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The conjunction ve-lamah {וְלָמָּה | vә-lā-mā} ‘and why’ signals a rhetorical question.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:36
“A little way will your servant cross over the Jordan with the king , and why should the king repay me with this recompense ?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 19:36, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֙מָה֙ (velama) 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.19.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.36.W6.S1) and character.