Ruth 1:21:7Ruth.1.21.W7PAT
לָ֣מָּה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MA
- Extended
- lah-MAA
- IPA
- /laːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
- French
- pourquoi
- Spanish
- por qué
- Portuguese
- por quê
- German
- warum
- Russian
- почему
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِمَاذَا
- Hindi
- क्यों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为什么
- Korean
- 왜
- Indonesian
- mengapa
- Bengali
- কেন
- Tagalog
- bakit
- Swahili
- kwa nini
- Amharic
- ለምን
- Yoruba
- adɛn
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn
- Ewe
- nu 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
la-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-MA tik-re-E-na LI
- clause
la-MA tik-re-E-na LI na-o-MI va-ye-ho-VAH a-NA BI ve-sha-DAI he-RA LI
- sentence
a-NI me-le-A ha-lakh-TI ve-reh-KAM he-shi-VA-ni ye-ho-VAH la-MA tik-re-E-na LI na-o-MI va-ye-ho-VAH a-NA BI ve-sha-DAI he-RA LI
In context — Ruth 1:21
I went away full LORD brought me back and empty why call me Naomi and LORD testified against me and Almighty harmed me
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ruth 1:21, so the Hebrew word לָ֣מָּה (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.1.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.21.W7.S1) and character.