Job 21:7:1Job.21.7.W1TAB
מַדּ֣וּעַ
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
- clause
mad-DU-a re-sha-IM yikh-YU
- sentence
mad-DU-a re-sha-IM yikh-YU a-te-KU gam-GA-vru KHA-yil
Exegesis
The interrogative maddua {מַדּוּעַ | maddûaʿ} ‘why’ initiates a rhetorical challenge.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–dalet–ayin
“to know, reason”
In context — Job 21:7
Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and also become mighty in strength ?
About this coordinate
Job 21:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 21:7, so the Hebrew word מַדּ֣וּעַ (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 Job.21.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.7.W1.S1) and character.