Genesis 47:15:13Gen.47.15.W13PAT
וְלָ֥מָּה
velama
“and why”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-MA
- Extended
- veh-lah-MAA
- IPA
- /və.la.ˈmaː/
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
- àti kí ló dé tí
- Igbo
- gịnịkwa mere
- Twi
- na adɛn
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-MA na-MUT
- clause
va-yit-TOM ha-KE-sef me-E-rets mits-RA-yim u-me-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u kol-mits-RA-yim el-yo-SEF le-MOR ha-va-LA-nu LE-khem ve-la-MA na-MUT neg-DE-kha
- sentence
va-yit-TOM ha-KE-sef me-E-rets mits-RA-yim u-me-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u kol-mits-RA-yim el-yo-SEF le-MOR ha-va-LA-nu LE-khem ve-la-MA na-MUT neg-DE-kha KI a-FES KA-sef
In context — Genesis 47:15
{And} came to an end the money from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan {And} came all Egypt to Joseph saying give us bread and why should we die before you for has run out money
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:15:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 47:15, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֥מָּה (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.47.15.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.15.W13.S1) and character.