Genesis 29:25:14Gen.29.25.W14PAT

וְלָ֖מָּה

velama

then why

Transliteration
ve-la-MA
Extended
veh-lah-MAA
IPA
/wə.laːm.ˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
then why
French
alors pourquoi
Spanish
entonces por qué
Portuguese
então por que
German
warum dann
Russian
тогда почему
Arabic-Simplified
ولماذا
Hindi
फिर क्यों
Chinese-Simplified
那么为什么
Korean
그런데 왜
Indonesian
dan mengapa
Bengali
তবে কেন
Tagalog
at bakit
Swahili
na kwa nini
Amharic
እና ለምን
Yoruba
àti nítorí kí ni
Igbo
gịnị mere
Twi
na adɛn nti
Ewe
eye ta

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Result
וְ + לָ֖ + מָּה
ve + la + ma
velama

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-la-MA

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer el-la-VAN ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LI ha-LO ve-ra-KHEL a-VAD-ti im-MAKH ve-la-MA ri-mi-TA-ni

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker ve-hin-neh-HI le-A va-YO-mer el-la-VAN ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LI ha-LO ve-ra-KHEL a-VAD-ti im-MAKH ve-la-MA ri-mi-TA-ni

In contextGenesis 29:25

and it happened in the morning and behold, it was Leah he said to Laban what is this that you did to me was it not for Rachel I served with you then why have you deceived me

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:25:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 29:25, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֖מָּה (velama) 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.29.25.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.25.W14.S1) and character.