מַדּ֤וּעַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַדּ֤וּעַ

   ma-DU-a

   why
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מַדּ֤וּעַ הֽוּטֲלוּ֙

   ma-DU-a hu-ta-LU

   why were hurled
3. clause🔊 מַדּ֤וּעַ הֽוּטֲלוּ֙ ה֣וּא וְזַרְע֔וֹ וְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּ עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדָֽעוּ׃

   ma-DU-a hu-ta-LU HU ve-ZAR-o ve-hush-le-KHU al-ha-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DA-u

   why were hurled he and his seed or his offspring and were cast upon the land which they did not know
4. sentence🔊 הַעֶ֨צֶב נִבְזֶ֜ה נָפ֗וּץ הָאִ֤ישׁ הַזֶּה֙ כָּנְיָ֔הוּ אִ֨ם־כְּלִ֔י אֵ֥ין חֵ֖פֶץ בּ֑וֹ מַדּ֤וּעַ הֽוּטֲלוּ֙ ה֣וּא וְזַרְע֔וֹ וְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּ עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדָֽעוּ׃

   ha-E-tsev niv-ZE na-FUTS ha-ISH ha-ZE kan-YA-hu im-ke-LI EN KHE-fets BO ma-DU-a hu-ta-LU HU ve-ZAR-o ve-hush-le-KHU al-ha-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DA-u

   the idol or the image despised shattered the man this Coniah is he a vessel or an object there is no delight or desire in him or in it why were hurled he and his seed or his offspring and were cast upon the land which they did not know

Exegesis

The interrogative madua {מַדּ֤וּעַ | maddû-aʿ} ‘why’ leads to two successive passive perfects in the hofal stem, hutlu {הֽוּטֲלוּ֙ | hûṭ-lū} ‘were cast out’ and vehushleku {וְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּ | wə-ḥuš-lə-ḵū} ‘were thrown’, with subjects hu {ה֣וּא | hû} ‘he’ and vezaro {وְזַرְע֔וֹ | wə-zā-rāʿ-ô} ‘and his seed’.