{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4069",
  "lemma": "מַדּוּעַ",
  "transliteration": "maddûwaʻ",
  "definition": "what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?",
  "kjv": "how, wherefore, why.",
  "occurrences": 72,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H4100",
      "lemma": "מָה",
      "transliteration": "mâh",
      "meaning": "interrogative what?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H4100"
    },
    {
      "id": "H3045",
      "lemma": "יָדַע",
      "transliteration": "yâdaʻ",
      "meaning": "to know",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3045"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַדּוּעַ 61 and מַדֻּעַ adv. wherefore?"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:27",
      "text": "Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:7",
      "text": "He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 1:18",
      "text": "The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/1?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 2:18",
      "text": "When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 3:3",
      "text": "Moses said, “I will go now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/3?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 5:14",
      "text": "The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:14",
      "text": "When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people?…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 10:17",
      "text": "“Why haven’t you eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is most holy, and he has given it to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/10?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 12:8",
      "text": "With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the LORD’s form. Why then…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/12?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 16:3",
      "text": "They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/16?v=3"
    }
  ],
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