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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-la-MA
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.