Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H4069מַדּוּעַmad.du.a
why?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative
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72 occurrences in 71 verses
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And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?
מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces [supplied: so] sad to-day?
מַדּ֛וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?
מַדּ֥וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?
מַדּ֛וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And Moses said, Let me now turn aside and see this great sight, why the thorn-bush is not burnt.
מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, [supplied: and] it was said, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?
מַדּ֡וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening?
מַדּ֗וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
Why have ye not eaten the sin-offering in a holy place? for it is most holy, and he has given it to you that ye might bear the iniquity of the assembly, to make atonement for them before Jehovah.
מַדּ֗וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
Mouth to mouth do I speak to him openly, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah doth he behold. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ (מַדּ֙וּעַ֙) ma.Du.a' “why?”
and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah?
וּמַדּ֥וּעַ (מַדּ֥וּעַ) ma.Du.a' “why?”
And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto?
מַדּוּעַ֩ ma.du.a' “why?”
"Out of the window she peered, the mother of Sis'era gazed through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?'
מַדּ֗וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”מַדּ֣וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And Ga'al the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abim'elech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Did not the son of Jerubba'al and Zebul his officer serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem? Why then should we serve him?
וּמַדּ֖וּעַ (מַדּ֖וּעַ) ma.Du.a' “why?”
But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?"
וּמַדּ֜וּעַ (מַדּ֜וּעַ) ma.Du.a' “why?”
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aro'er and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?
וּמַדּ֥וּעַ (מַדּ֥וּעַ) ma.Du.a' “why?”
The men of E'phraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire."
מַדּ֣וּעַ׀ ma.Du.a' “why?”
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner?
מַדּוּעַ֩ ma.du.a' “why?”
And he said to him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, and not apprise me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
וּמַדּוּעַ֩ (מַדּוּעַ֩) ma.du.a' “why?”
And it came to pass the next day after the new moon, the second [supplied: day of the month], as David's place was empty, that Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jesse come to table, neither yesterday nor to-day?
מַדּ֜וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
מַדּ֤וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And [supplied: Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Why hast thou gone in to my father's concubine?
מַדּ֥וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And they had told David saying, Urijah did not go down to his house; and David said to Urijah, Art thou not come from a journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?
מַדּ֖וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
and if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall?
מַדּ֛וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah to do evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Urijah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
מַדּ֜וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”
And he said to him, Why dost thou, the king's son, get thinner from morning to morning? Wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
מַדּ֣וּעַ ma.Du.a' “why?”