Exodus 1:18:6Exod.1.18.W6PAT
מַדּ֥וּעַ
maddua
“why”
- Transliteration
- mad-DU-a
- Extended
- mahd-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /mad.duˈaʕ/
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
- idi ti
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn
- Ewe
- nukata
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
mad-DU-a
- phraseyour reading level
mad-DU-a a-si-TEN
- clause
va-yik-RA ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim la-me-yal-le-DOT va-yo-MER la-HEN mad-DU-a a-si-TEN ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-yik-RA ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim la-me-yal-le-DOT va-yo-MER la-HEN mad-DU-a a-si-TEN ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH va-te-khai-YE-na ET-ha-ye-la-DIM
In context — Exodus 1:18
and called the king of Egypt to the midwives and said to them why have you done the matter this and kept alive the boys
About this coordinate
Exodus 1:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 1:18, so the Hebrew word מַדּ֥וּעַ (maddua) 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 Exod.1.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.18.W6.S1) and character.