Exodus 2:18:5Exod.2.18.W5PAT
מַדּ֛וּעַ
maddua
“why”
- Transliteration
- mad-DU-a
- Extended
- mahd-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /mad.ˈduː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
- French
- pourquoi
- Spanish
- por qué
- Portuguese
- por que
- German
- warum
- Russian
- почему
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِمَاذَا
- Hindi
- क्यों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为什么
- Korean
- 왜
- Indonesian
- mengapa
- Bengali
- কেন
- Tagalog
- bakit
- Swahili
- kwa nini
- Amharic
- ለምን
- Yoruba
- èéṣe
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn
- Ewe
- nu ka ta
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
מַד + דּ֛וּ + עַ
↓
mad + du + a
↓
maddua
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
mad-DU-a
- clause
va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
- sentence
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
In context — Exodus 2:18
and they came to Reuel their father and he said why you hurried to come today
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 2:18, so the Hebrew word מַדּ֛וּעַ (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.2.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.18.W5.S1) and character.