Numbers 12:8:10Num.12.8.W10TAB
וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙
umadua
“and why”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-DU-a
- Extended
- u-mah-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /umadːuˈaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and why
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-ma-DU-a
- clause
u-ma-DU-a LO ye-re-TEM le-da-BER be-av-DI be-mo-SHEH
- sentence
PEH el-PEH a-da-BER-BO u-mar-EH ve-LO be-khi-DOT ut-mu-NAT Ye-ho-VAH ya-BIT u-ma-DU-a LO ye-re-TEM le-da-BER be-av-DI be-mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The interrogative ū-maddûʿa lō yərēʾetem {וּמַדּוּעַ לֹא יְרֵאתֶם | ū-maddû-ʿa lōʾ yərēʾe-tem} expresses the challenge ‘why were you not afraid’, contrasting Moses’s privileged access.
In context — Numbers 12:8
Mouth to mouth I speak with him, plainly and not in riddles ; and the form of the LORD he beholds. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?
About this coordinate
Numbers 12:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 12:8, so the Hebrew word וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ (umadua) 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 Num.12.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.12.8.W10.S1) and character.