H4069–מַדּוּעַ–mad.du.a

And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

And Joab said to the man who had given him the news, If you saw this, why did you not put your sword through him, and I would have given you ten bits of silver and a band for your robe?

וּמַדּ֛וּעַ (מַדּ֛וּעַ) ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?

מַדּוּעַ֩ ma.du.a' “why?”

And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of th

וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ (מַדּ֙וּעַ֙) ma.Du.a' “why?”

And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To give you a price for your grain-floor, so that I may put up an altar to the Lord, and the disease may be stopped among the people.

מַדּ֛וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.

מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

וּמַדּ֖וּעַ (מַדּ֖וּעַ) ma.Du.a' “why?”

And it came to the ears of Adonijah and all the guests who were with him, when their meal was ended. And Joab, hearing the sound of the horn, said, What is the reason of this noise as if the town was worked up?

מַדּ֥וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?

וּמַדּ֕וּעַ (מַדּ֕וּעַ) ma.Du.a' “why?”

And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is well.

מַ֠דּוּעַ Ma.du.a' “why?”

And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the

מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then Jehu came out again to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? why did this man, who is off his head, come to you? And he said to them, You have knowledge of the man and of his talk.

מַדּ֛וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then King Jehoash sent for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not made good what is damaged in the house? now take no more money from your neighbours, but give it for the building up of the house.

מַדּ֛וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then the king sent for Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, Why have you not given the Levites orders that the tax fixed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and by the meeting of Israel, for the Tent of witness, is to be got in from Judah and Jeru

מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ ma.Du.a' “why?”

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;

מַדּ֣וּעַ׀ ma.Du.a' “why?”

And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

מַדּ֜וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.

מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then I gave witness against them and said, Why are you waiting all night by the wall? if you do so again I will have you taken prisoners. From that time they did not come again on the Sabbath.

מַדּ֜וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?

מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?

מַ֭דּוּעַ Ma.du.a' “why?”

Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

מַ֭דּוּעַ Ma.du.a' “why?”

As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?

מַדּ֣וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?

מַדּ֗וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

מַ֭דּוּעַ Ma.du.a' “why?”