H4069–מַדּוּעַ–mad.du.a

And the king said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him: Curse David; who then shall say: Wherefore hast thou done so?'

מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

And Joab said unto the man that told him: 'And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have had to give thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.'

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

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king: 'Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?'

מַדּוּעַ֩ ma.du.a' “why?”

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said: 'We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye; why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?' And the words

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

And Araunah said: 'Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?' And David said: 'To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.'

מַדּ֛וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

And his father had not grieved him all his life in saying: 'Why hast thou done so?' and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.

מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him: Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying: Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

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

And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said: 'Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?'

מַדּ֥וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?'

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

And he said: Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon nor sabbath.' And she said: 'It shall be well.'

מַ֠דּוּעַ Ma.du.a' “why?”

And Hazael said: 'Why weepeth my lord?' And he answered: 'Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their lit

מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord; and one said unto him: 'Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?' And he said unto them: 'Ye know the man and what his talk was.'

מַדּ֛וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them: 'Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no longer money from them that bestow it upon you, but deliver it for the breaches of

מַדּ֛וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and unto him: 'Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ ma.Du.a' “why?”

And the king said unto me: 'Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.' Then I was very sore afraid.

מַדּ֣וּעַ׀ ma.Du.a' “why?”

And I said unto the king: 'Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?'

מַדּ֜וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then contended I with the rulers, and said: 'Why is the house of God forsaken?' And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then I forewarned them, and said unto them: 'Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you.' From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

מַדּ֜וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Then the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai: 'Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?'

מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

מַ֭דּוּעַ Ma.du.a' “why?”

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?

מַ֭דּוּעַ Ma.du.a' “why?”

As for me, is my complaint to man? Or why should I not be impatient?

מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

מַדּ֣וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know Him see His days?

מַדּ֗וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”

Why hast thou striven against Him? seeing that He will not answer any of his words.

מַ֭דּוּעַ Ma.du.a' “why?”