Deuteronomy 29:24:3Deut.29.24.W3PATWLC Deuteronomy 29:23

עַל־מֶה

almeh

why

Transliteration
al-MEH
Extended
ahl-MEH
IPA
/ʕalˈmɛ/

Meaning by language

English
why
French
pourquoi
Spanish
por qué
Portuguese
por quê
German
warum
Russian
почему
Arabic-Simplified
لماذا
Hindi
क्यों
Chinese-Simplified
为什么
Korean
Indonesian
mengapa
Bengali
কেন
Tagalog
bakit
Swahili
kwa nini
Amharic
ለምን
Yoruba
kí ló dé
Igbo
gịnị mere
Twi
adɛn
Ewe
nu ka ta

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Result
עַל + מֶה
al + meh
almeh

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    al-MEH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    kol-ha-go-YIM al-MEH a-SA Ye-ho-VAH ka-KHAH la-A-retz ha-ZOT MA kho-RI ha-AF ha-ga-DOL ha-ZEH

  3. sentence

    ve-am-RU kol-ha-go-YIM al-MEH a-SA Ye-ho-VAH ka-KHAH la-A-retz ha-ZOT MA kho-RI ha-AF ha-ga-DOL ha-ZEH

In contextDeuteronomy 29:24

all the nations will say why has done LORD thus to the land this what heat of the anger the great this

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 29:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 29:24, so the Hebrew word עַל־מֶה (almeh) 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 Deut.29.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.29.24.W3.S1) and character.