Numbers 22:37:9Num.22.37.W9TAB
לָ֥מָּה
lamah
“Why”
- Transliteration
- la-MAH
- Extended
- laa-MAH
- IPA
- /laˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Why
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
la-MAH lo-ha-lakh-TA
- clause
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM ha-LO sha-LO-akh sha-lakh-TI e-lei-KHA lik-RO-lakh la-MAH lo-ha-lakh-TA e-LAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM ha-LO sha-LO-akh sha-lakh-TI e-lei-KHA lik-RO-lakh la-MAH lo-ha-lakh-TA e-LAI ha-um-NAM LO u-KHAL kab-be-DE-kha
In context — Numbers 22:37
And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not surely send to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Indeed, am I not able to honor you?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:37:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 22:37, so the Hebrew word לָ֥מָּה (lamah) 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.22.37.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.37.W9.S1) and character.