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
Indonesian
mengapa
Bengali
কেন
Tagalog
bakit
Swahili
kwa nini
Amharic
ለምን
Yoruba
kí nìdí
Igbo
gịnị mere
Twi
adɛn nti
Ewe
neneke

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Result
מַד + דּ֖וּ + עַ
mad + du + a
maddua

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    mad-DU-a

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM yits-KHAK mad-DU-a ba-TEM e-LAI

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.