Exodus 5:14:10Exod.5.14.W10PAT
מַדּ֡וּעַ
maddua
“why”
- Transliteration
- mad-DU-a
- Extended
- mahd-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /madˈduː.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
- 어찌하여
- Indonesian
- mengapa
- Bengali
- কেন
- Tagalog
- bakit
- Swahili
- kwa nini
- Amharic
- ለምን
- Yoruba
- kilode
- Igbo
- gini mere
- Twi
- adɛn nti
- Ewe
- eka ta
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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The word
Word in context
- word
mad-DU-a
- clause
mad-DU-a LO ki-li-TEM khokh-KHEM lil-BON kit-MOL shil-SHOM gam-te-MOL gam-ha-YOM
- sentence
va-yu-KU sho-TREI be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-sher-sa-MU a-le-HEM nog-SEI par-O le-MOR mad-DU-a LO ki-li-TEM khokh-KHEM lil-BON kit-MOL shil-SHOM gam-te-MOL gam-ha-YOM
In context — Exodus 5:14
and were beaten foremen of the sons of Israel whom they had set over them taskmasters of Pharaoh saying why not you finished your quota to make bricks as yesterday day before yesterday also yesterday also today
About this coordinate
Exodus 5:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 5:14, so the Hebrew word מַדּ֡וּעַ (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.5.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.14.W10.S1) and character.