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
- 왜
- Indonesian
- mengapa
- Bengali
- কেন
- Tagalog
- bakit
- Swahili
- kwa nini
- Amharic
- ለምን
- Yoruba
- kí nìdí
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn
- Ewe
- nuka
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-MA na-MUT
- clause
ve-a-TA la-MA na-MUT KI toh-akh-LE-noo ha-ESH hag-geh-DO-LA ha-ZOT
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.