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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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מַדּוּעַ

Strong’s: H4069

Associated OET lemmas: מַדּוּעַ

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: ir

Related lemmas: ידע

Sense 1: why?, for what purpose?

Semantic domains: Perceptive Referents (003002003)

Definition: = a reference to the cause, reason or purpose of an event; normally used in questions with the purpose of identifying that cause, reason, or purpose; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that these things cannot be identified

Show passage in OET: GEN 26:27

OET-RV GEN 26:27

27 and Yitshak asked them, “Why have you come here since you hate me and you forced me away from you?”

OET-LV GEN 26:27

27 And_he/it_said to_them Yiʦḩāq why have_you(pl)_come to_me and_you(pl) you(pl)_hate DOM_me and_you(pl)_sent_me_away from_with_you(pl).
Show passage in OET: GEN 40:7

OET-RV GEN 40:7

7 so he asked the two former officials of Par’oh, “Why are you looking so upset today?”

OET-LV GEN 40:7

7 And_he_asked DOM the_officials_of Parˊoh who with_him/it in_the_custody_of the_house_of his_master(s)_of_his to_say why your(pl)_faces sad the_day.

Jump to OET GEN 26:27 section.

Jump to OET GEN 40:7 section.

All 71 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 26:27 · OET GEN 40:7

EXO: OET EXO 1:18 · OET EXO 2:18 · OET EXO 3:3 · OET EXO 5:14 · OET EXO 18:14

LEV: OET LEV 10:17

NUM: OET NUM 12:8 · OET NUM 16:3

JOS: OET JOS 17:14

JDG: OET JDG 5:28 · OET JDG 9:28 · OET JDG 11:7 · OET JDG 11:26 · OET JDG 12:1

RUT: OET RUT 2:10

SA1: OET SA1 20:2 · OET SA1 20:27 · OET SA1 21:1

SA2: OET SA2 3:7 · OET SA2 11:10 · OET SA2 11:20 · OET SA2 12:9 · OET SA2 13:4 · OET SA2 16:10 · OET SA2 18:11 · OET SA2 19:41 · OET SA2 19:43 · OET SA2 24:21

KI1: OET KI1 1:6 · OET KI1 1:13 · OET KI1 1:41 · OET KI1 2:43

KI2: OET KI2 4:23 · OET KI2 8:12 · OET KI2 9:11 · OET KI2 12:7

CH2: OET CH2 24:6

NEH: OET NEH 2:2–3 · OET NEH 13:11 · OET NEH 13:21

EST: OET EST 3:3

JOB: OET JOB 3:12 · OET JOB 18:3 · OET JOB 21:4 · OET JOB 21:7 · OET JOB 24:1 · OET JOB 33:13

ISA: OET ISA 5:4 · OET ISA 50:2 · OET ISA 63:2

JER: OET JER 2:14 · OET JER 2:31 · OET JER 8:5 · OET JER 8:19 · OET JER 8:22 · OET JER 12:1 · OET JER 13:22 · OET JER 14:19 · OET JER 22:28 · OET JER 26:9 · OET JER 30:6 · OET JER 32:3 · OET JER 36:29 · OET JER 46:5 · OET JER 46:15 · OET JER 49:1

EZE: OET EZE 18:19

MAL: OET MAL 2:10