Genesis 33:15:9Gen.33.15.W9PAT
לָ֣מָּה
lamma
“why”
- Transliteration
- lam-MA
- Extended
- lahm-MAA
- IPA
- /laːm.ˈmaː/
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
- 왜
- Indonesian
- mengapa
- Bengali
- কেন
- Tagalog
- bakit
- Swahili
- kwa nini
- Amharic
- ለምን
- Yoruba
- idi ti
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn nti
- Ewe
- na 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
lam-MA
- phraseyour reading level
lam-MA ZE
- clause
va-YO-mer lam-MA ZE em-tsa-KHEN be-e-NEI a-do-NI
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-SAV at-tsi-ga-NA im-me-KHA min-ha-AM a-SHER it-TI va-YO-mer lam-MA ZE em-tsa-KHEN be-e-NEI a-do-NI
In context — Genesis 33:15
said Esau please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me he said why this let me find favor in the eyes of my lord
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 33:15, so the Hebrew word לָ֣מָּה (lamma) 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.33.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.15.W9.S1) and character.