Ruth 2:10:7Ruth.2.10.W7PAT
מַדּוּעַ֩
madooa
“why”
- Transliteration
- ma-DOO-a
- Extended
- mah-DOO-ah
- IPA
- /madˈduː.ʕaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
- French
- pourquoi
- Spanish
- por qué
- Portuguese
- por quê
- 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
- kí ló dé
- Igbo
- gịnị mere
- Twi
- adɛn
- Ewe
- nuka ta
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ma-DOO-a
- phraseyour reading level
ma-DOO-a ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-EE-NE-kha
- clause
va-to-MER eh-LAV ma-DOO-a ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-EE-NE-kha le-ha-KEE-RE-ni veh-ah-NOH-khee na-KHREE-YAH
- sentence
va-ti-POL al-pa-NEE-ha va-tish-ta-KHOO AR-tsa va-to-MER eh-LAV ma-DOO-a ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-EE-NE-kha le-ha-KEE-RE-ni veh-ah-NOH-khee na-KHREE-YAH
In context — Ruth 2:10
fell upon her face bowed down to the ground said to him why found favor in your eyes to recognize me and I foreign woman
About this coordinate
Ruth 2:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ruth 2:10, so the Hebrew word מַדּוּעַ֩ (madooa) 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.2.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.10.W7.S1) and character.