Ruth 1:11:5Ruth.1.11.W5PAT
לָ֥מָּה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MA
- Extended
- lah-MAA
- IPA
- /laː.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
- kí nìdí
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn
- Ewe
- ŋuti
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
la-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-MA te-lakh-NA
- clause
va-TO-mer na-o-MI shov-NA ve-no-TAI la-MA te-lakh-NA i-MI
- sentence
va-TO-mer na-o-MI shov-NA ve-no-TAI la-MA te-lakh-NA i-MI ha-od-LI va-NIM be-me-AI ve-ha-YU la-KHEM la-a-na-SHIM
In context — Ruth 1:11
Naomi {She} said turn back my daughters why will you go with me have I yet sons in my womb would be your men
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ruth 1:11, so the Hebrew word לָ֥מָּה (lama) 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 Ruth.1.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.11.W5.S1) and character.