Deuteronomy 5:25:2Deut.5.25.W2PAT

לָ֣מָּה

lama

why

Transliteration
la-MA
Extended
la-MAA
IPA
/laˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
why
French
pourquoi
Spanish
por qué
Portuguese
por que
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 nìdí
Igbo
gịnị mere
Twi
adɛn
Ewe
nuka

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Result
לָ֣ + מָּה
la + ma
lama

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-MA na-MUT

  3. clause

    ve-a-TA la-MA na-MUT KI toh-akh-LE-noo ha-ESH hag-geh-DO-LA ha-ZOT

  4. sentence

    ve-a-TA la-MA na-MUT KI toh-akh-LE-noo ha-ESH hag-geh-DO-LA ha-ZOT im-yohs-FEEM a-NAKH-nu lee-shMO-a et-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu OD va-MAT-nu

In contextDeuteronomy 5:25

and now why die for the fire the great this consume us if continue we to hear the voice LORD our God any more die

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 5:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 5:25, so the Hebrew word לָ֣מָּה (lama) 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.5.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.25.W2.S1) and character.