Exodus 2:20:4Exod.2.20.W4PAT
לָ֤מָּה
lamah
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MAH
- Extended
- lah-MAAH
- IPA
- /laːm.ˈmaː/
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
- kilode
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn nti
- Ewe
- ta
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-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
la-MAH ZEH
- clause
la-MAH ZEH a-zav-TEN et-ha-ISH kir-EN LO ve-yo-KHAL LA-khem
- sentence
va-yo-MER el-be-no-TAV ve-ai-YO la-MAH ZEH a-zav-TEN et-ha-ISH kir-EN LO ve-yo-KHAL LA-khem
In context — Exodus 2:20
and he said to his daughters and where is he why this you have left the man call to him and let him eat bread
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 2:20, so the Hebrew word לָ֤מָּה (lamah) 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.2.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.20.W4.S1) and character.