2 Samuel 19:41:82 Sam.19.41.W8TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:42
מַדּ֨וּעַ
maddua
“why”
- Transliteration
- mad-DU-a
- Extended
- mahd-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /madˈduː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mad-DU-a
- phraseyour reading level
mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-VI-ru et-ha-ME-lekh ve-et-BE-to et-ha-yar-DEN ve-khol-an-SHE da-VID im-MO
- sentence
ve-hin-NE KOL-Ish yis-ra-EL ba-IM el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-VI-ru et-ha-ME-lekh ve-et-BE-to et-ha-yar-DEN ve-khol-an-SHE da-VID im-MO
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | vay-yō-mer-û} ‘and they said’ introduces direct address with the interrogative madua {מַדּוּעַ | mad-ḏû-ʿa} ‘why’, framing Israel’s grievance.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:41
And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to him, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king, his household, and all of David’s men across the Jordan with him?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:41:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 19:41, so the Hebrew word מַדּ֨וּעַ (maddua) 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.19.41.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.41.W8.S1) and character.