Genesis 24:31:5Gen.24.31.W5PAT
לָ֤מָּה
lamah
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MAH
- Extended
- laa-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
- French
- pourquoi
- Spanish
- por qué
- Russian
- зачем
- Arabic-Simplified
- لماذا
- Hindi
- क्यों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为什么
- Swahili
- kwa nini
- Twi
- adɛn nti
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 ta-a-MOD
- clause
la-MAH ta-a-MOD ba-KHUTS ve-a-no-KHI pi-NI-ti ha-BA-yit u-ma-KOM la-ge-ma-LIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer BO be-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH la-MAH ta-a-MOD ba-KHUTS ve-a-no-KHI pi-NI-ti ha-BA-yit u-ma-KOM la-ge-ma-LIM
In context — Genesis 24:31
and he said come in blessed LORD why you stand outside and I I have prepared the house and a place for the camels
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 24:31, 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 Gen.24.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.31.W5.S1) and character.