מַדּוּעַ
Used: 72 times · Key: 4069 · BDB: מַדּוּעַ
Glosses
why? (72)
Meaning (OSHB)
wherefore? tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
adv. tree →
The whole BDB entry
and (Ez 18, 19) מַדֻּעַ adv. wherefore? (prob. contr. from מַה־יָּדוּעַ what being known? i.e. from what motive? so Ges Ew§ 325 c Ol§ 222 f, cf. in Gk. τί μαθών;)—wherefore? on what account? Gn 26:27 מַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלָ֑י, 40:7 Ex 1:18; 2:18; 3:3 (in an indirect question), 5:14; 18:14 Lv 10:17 Jos 17:14 (all in Hex), Ju 5:28(×28) 2 S 3:7; 11:10 etc., Is 5:4; 50:2; 63:2 (all in Is.); in Jer. 16 times, often rhetorically, after a double question introduced by הֲ … אִם, expressing affected surprise: †2:14 (v. Gf) is Israel a slave (unable to defend himself)? wherefore, then, is he become a prey? (some other cause must therefore be found for Israel’s misfortune), v 31; 8:5, 19, 22; 14:19; 22:28; 49:1, cf. 30:6; Jb 3:12; 18:3 (never in ψ).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 26 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מַדּוּעַ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
מַדּ֣וּעַ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִחְי֑וּ עָ֝תְק֗וּ גַּם־גָּ֥בְרוּ חָֽיִל׃
Word for word: why? wicked.[people] do.they.live do.they.grow.old? also do.they.become.strong? strength
JPS 1917: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּנִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּמַה־שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק׃
Word for word: why? did they.receive.me knees and why? two.breasts (cmp) I.will.suck
JPS 1917: Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
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