מַדּ֙וּעַ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַדּ֙וּעַ֙

   ma-DU-a

   why
2. clause🔊 הֲמָאֹ֨ מָאַ֜סְתָּ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֗ה אִם־בְּצִיּוֹן֙ גָּעֲלָ֣ה נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ הִכִּיתָ֔נוּ וְאֵ֥ין לָ֖נוּ מַרְפֵּ֑א

   ha-MA-os MA-as-TA ET-ye-hu-DA im-be-tsi-YON ga-a-LA NAF-she-KHA ma-DU-a hi-KI-ta-NU ve-EN la-NU mar-PE

   have you utterly rejected you have rejected Judah {direct object marker} or Zion has loathed your soul why have you struck us and there is not for us healing
3. sentence🔊 הֲמָאֹ֨ מָאַ֜סְתָּ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֗ה אִם־בְּצִיּוֹן֙ גָּעֲלָ֣ה נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ הִכִּיתָ֔נוּ וְאֵ֥ין לָ֖נוּ מַרְפֵּ֑א קַוֵּ֤ה לְשָׁלוֹם֙ וְאֵ֣ין ט֔וֹב וּלְעֵ֥ת מַרְפֵּ֖א וְהִנֵּ֥ה בְעָתָֽה׃

   ha-MA-os MA-as-TA ET-ye-hu-DA im-be-tsi-YON ga-a-LA NAF-she-KHA ma-DU-a hi-KI-ta-NU ve-EN la-NU mar-PE ka-VE le-sha-LOM ve-EN TOV u-le-ET mar-PE ve-hin-NE be-a-TA

   have you utterly rejected you have rejected Judah {direct object marker} or Zion has loathed your soul why have you struck us and there is not for us healing we waited for peace and there is not good and for a time of healing but behold terror

Exegesis

The interrogative adverb maddua {מַדּוּעַ | maddûaʿ} ‘why’ then launches a lament, followed by the Hiphil perfect hikkitanu {הִכִּיתָנוּ | hikkītānu} ‘you have struck us’.