Genesis 26:27:4Gen.26.27.W4PAT
מַדּ֖וּעַ
maddua
“why”
- Transliteration
- mad-DU-a
- Extended
- mahd-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /mad.ˈduː.ʕa/
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
- kí nìdí
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn nti
- Ewe
- neneke
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
mad-DU-a
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM yits-KHAK mad-DU-a ba-TEM e-LAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM yits-KHAK mad-DU-a ba-TEM e-LAI ve-at-TEM se-ne-TEM o-TI va-te-shal-KHU-ni me-i-te-KHEM
In context — Genesis 26:27
Isaac said to them why have you come to me and you hated me sent me away from you
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 26:27, so the Hebrew word מַדּ֖וּעַ (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 Gen.26.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.27.W4.S1) and character.