Genesis 4:6:7Gen.4.6.W7PAT
וְלָ֖מָּה
velamma
“and why”
- Transliteration
- ve-LAM-ma
- Extended
- veh-LAAM-mah
- IPA
- /vəˈlaːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and why
- French
- et pourquoi
- Spanish
- y por qué
- Portuguese
- e por que
- German
- und warum
- Russian
- и почему
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَلِمَاذَا
- Hindi
- और क्यों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 又为什么
- Korean
- 그리고 왜
- Indonesian
- dan mengapa
- Bengali
- আর কেন
- Tagalog
- at bakit
- Swahili
- na kwa nini
- Amharic
- እና ለምን
- Yoruba
- ati kí nídí
- Igbo
- na gịnị mere
- Twi
- na adɛn nti
- Ewe
- eye taa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וְ + לָ֖מ + מָּה
↓
ve + lam + ma
↓
velamma
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LAM-ma
- clause
LAM-ma KHA-ra LAKH ve-LAM-ma naf-LU fa-NE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-KA-yin LAM-ma KHA-ra LAKH ve-LAM-ma naf-LU fa-NE-kha
In context — Genesis 4:6
LORD said to Cain why for you burned and why your face fell
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 4:6, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֖מָּה (velamma) 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.4.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.6.W7.S1) and character.