Genesis 12:19:1Gen.12.19.W1PAT
לָמָ֤ה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MA
- Extended
- lah-MAA
- IPA
- /laː.ˈmaː/
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
- kilode
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn nti
- Ewe
- nukata
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-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-MA a-mar-TA
- clause
la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA
- sentence
la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA ve-a-TA hi-NE ish-te-KHA KAKH va-LEKH
In context — Genesis 12:19
why did you say she my sister and I took her for me for a wife and now behold your wife take and go
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 12:19, so the Hebrew word לָמָ֤ה (lama) 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 Gen.12.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.19.W1.S1) and character.