Genesis 25:22:6Gen.25.22.W6PAT
לָ֥מָּה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- LA-ma
- Extended
- LAA-mah
- IPA
- /ˈlaːm.maː/
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
- èéṣe
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn nti
- Ewe
- ŋutɔe ka
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 ZEH
- clause
va-yi-te-ro-tsa-TSU ha-ba-NIM be-kir-BAH va-TO-mer im-KEN LA-ma ZEH a-no-KHI
- sentence
va-yi-te-ro-tsa-TSU ha-ba-NIM be-kir-BAH va-TO-mer im-KEN LA-ma ZEH a-no-KHI va-TE-lekh li-DROSH et-ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 25:22
the children struggled within her she said if so why this I she went to inquire of LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 25:22, so the Hebrew word לָ֥מָּה (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.25.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.22.W6.S1) and character.