2 Samuel 20:19:112 Sam.20.19.W11TAB
לָ֥מָּה
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
LA-ma te-val-LA
- clause
a-TA me-vak-KESH le-ha-MIT IR ve-EM be-yis-ra-EL LA-ma te-val-LA na-kha-LAT ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
a-NO-khi she-lu-ME e-mu-NE yis-ra-EL a-TA me-vak-KESH le-ha-MIT IR ve-EM be-yis-ra-EL LA-ma te-val-LA na-kha-LAT ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The interrogative lamah tebal-la {לָ֥מָּה תְבַלַּ֖ע | lā-māh tə-bal-lā} introduces a rhetorical challenge, and the construct nachalat YHWH {נַחֲלַ֥ת יְהוָֽה | na-ḥa-lat yə-hō-wāh} ‘inheritance of the LORD’ underscores divine-covenantal possession.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:19
I am one of the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD ?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 20:19, so the Hebrew word לָ֥מָּה (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.20.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.19.W11.S1) and character.