Judges 18:3:18Judg.18.3.W18TAB
וּמַה־לְּךָ֥
umalekha
“and what is for you”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-LE-kha
- Extended
- oo-mah-LEH-khaa
- IPA
- /uː.mah.ləˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and what is for you
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
u-ma-LE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
u-ma-LE-kha PO
- clause
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM va-yo-ME-ru LO MI-he-vi-A-kha ha-LOM u-MA-a-TA O-se ba-ZE u-ma-LE-kha PO
- sentence
HE-ma IM-BET mi-KHA ve-HE-ma hi-KI-ru ET-KOL ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI va-ya-SU-ru SHAM va-yo-ME-ru LO MI-he-vi-A-kha ha-LOM u-MA-a-TA O-se ba-ZE u-ma-LE-kha PO
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wayyāsûrû {וַיָּס֣וּרוּ | wayyāsûrû} ‘and they turned aside’ leads into wayyō’merû {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyō’merû} ‘and they said,’ introducing a threefold interrogation via mî-hĕvî’ăkâ {מִֽי־הֱבִיאֲךָ | mî-hĕvî’ăkâ} ‘who has brought you,’ û-mâh-’attâh {וּמָה־אַתָּה | û-mâh-’attâh} ‘and what you are doing,’ and û-mâh-ləḵâ {וּמַה־לְּךָ | û-mâh-ləḵâ} ‘and what is to you.’
Root and etymology
m-h
“what”
In context — Judges 18:3
They were near the house of Micah, and they recognized the voice of the young Levite ; so they turned aside there and said to him, “Who has brought you here, and what are you doing in this place ? And what is there for you here?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 18:3, so the Hebrew word וּמַה־לְּךָ֥ (umalekha) 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 Judg.18.3.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.3.W18.S1) and character.