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title: לָמָה · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָמָה (lemma:לָמָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 178 times. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָמָה

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«לָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 178 times · **Key:** lemma:לָמָה

### Glosses

(176); for (1); which (1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5de_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.29/)

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אָנֹכִ֥י אֶרְשָׁ֑ע לָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל אִיגָֽע׃

*Word for word:* I I.will.be.guilty why? this vanity will.I.labor

*JPS 1917:* I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?

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[Psalms 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.2.1/)

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לָ֭מָּה רָגְשׁ֣וּ גוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ־רִֽיק׃

*Word for word:* why? do.they.plot nations and peoples do.they.devise? emptiness

*JPS 1917:* Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

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