Genesis 27:45:11Gen.27.45.W11PAT
לָמָ֥ה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MA
- Extended
- lah-MAA
- IPA
- /laːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
- French
- pourquoi
- Spanish
- por qué
- Portuguese
- por que
- German
- warum
- Russian
- зачем
- Arabic-Simplified
- لماذا
- Hindi
- क्यों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为什么
- Korean
- 어찌하여
- Indonesian
- mengapa
- Bengali
- কেন
- Tagalog
- bakit
- Swahili
- kwa nini
- Amharic
- ለምን
- Yoruba
- èéṣe
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn nti
- Ewe
- nu ka ta
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 esh-KAL
- clause
la-MA esh-KAL gam-she-nei-KHEM YOM e-KHAD
- sentence
ad-SHUV af-a-KHI-kha mi-me-KHA ve-sha-KHAKH ET a-sher-a-SI-ta LO ve-sha-lakh-TI u-le-kakh-TI-kha mi-SHAM la-MA esh-KAL gam-she-nei-KHEM YOM e-KHAD
In context — Genesis 27:45
until the turning away of your brother's anger from you forgets what you did to him I will send I will take you from there why should I lose both of you as well day one
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:45:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 27:45, so the Hebrew word לָמָ֥ה (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.27.45.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.45.W11.S1) and character.