Exodus 5:15:8Exod.5.15.W8PAT
לָ֧מָּה
lamma
“why”
- Transliteration
- LAM-ma
- Extended
- LAAM-mah
- IPA
- /ˈlam.maː/
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
- taŋutsu
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
LAM-ma
- phraseyour reading level
LAM-ma ta-a-SE KHO
- clause
LAM-ma ta-a-SE KHO la-a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u sho-TREI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yits-a-KU el-par-O lei-MOR LAM-ma ta-a-SE KHO la-a-va-DE-kha
In context — Exodus 5:15
and they came the foremen of the sons of Israel and they cried out to Pharaoh saying why do you do thus to your servants
About this coordinate
Exodus 5:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 5:15, so the Hebrew word לָ֧מָּה (lamma) 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.5.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.15.W8.S1) and character.