Genesis 44:4:17Gen.44.4.W17PAT
לָ֛מָּה
lamma
“why”
- Transliteration
- LAM-ma
- Extended
- LAAM-mah
- IPA
- /ˈlaːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
- French
- pourquoi
- Spanish
- por qué
- Portuguese
- por que
- German
- warum
- Russian
- почему
- Arabic-Simplified
- لماذا
- Hindi
- क्यों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为什么
- Korean
- 왜
- Indonesian
- mengapa
- Bengali
- কেন
- Tagalog
- bakit
- Swahili
- kwa nini
- Amharic
- ለምን
- Yoruba
- èéṣe
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn nti
- Ewe
- nukata
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
- clause
ve-his-sag-TAM ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM LAM-ma shil-lam-TEM ra-A TA-khat to-VA
- sentence
HEM ya-tse-U ET-ha-IR LO hir-khi-KU ve-yo-SEF a-MAR la-a-SHER al-BEI-to KUM re-DOF a-kha-REI ha-a-na-SHIM ve-his-sag-TAM ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM LAM-ma shil-lam-TEM ra-A TA-khat to-VA
In context — Genesis 44:4
they went out from the city not gone far and Joseph said to the one who over his house arise pursue after the men overtake them say to them why repaid evil instead of good
About this coordinate
Genesis 44:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 44:4, so the Hebrew word לָ֛מָּה (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.44.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.4.W17.S1) and character.