why?, on what account?, wherefore?
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H4069 — מַדּוּעַ
mad.du.a · why? · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 26:27 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?Genesis 40:7 · מַדּ֛וּעַAnd he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in ward in his master’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?Exodus 1:18 · מַדּ֥וּעַAnd the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?Exodus 2:18 · מַדּ֛וּעַAnd when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?Exodus 3:3 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.Exodus 5:14 · מַדּ֡וּעַAnd the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?Exodus 18:14 · מַדּ֗וּעַAnd when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even?Leviticus 10:17 · מַדּ֗וּעַWherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Jehovah?Numbers 12:8 · וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?Numbers 16:3 · וּמַדּ֥וּעַand they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?Joshua 17:14 · מַדּוּעַ֩And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?Judges 5:28 · מַדּ֗וּעַ · מַדּ֣וּעַThrough the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?Judges 9:28 · וּמַדּ֖וּעַAnd Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?Judges 11:7 · וּמַדּ֜וּעַAnd Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?Judges 11:26 · וּמַדּ֥וּעַWhile Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time?Judges 12:1 · מַדּ֣וּעַ׀And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire.Ruth 2:10 · מַדּוּעַ֩Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?1 Samuel 20:2 · וּמַדּוּעַ֩And he said unto him, Far from it; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.1 Samuel 20:27 · מַדּ֜וּעַAnd it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, which was the second day, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to-day?1 Samuel 21:1 · מַדּ֤וּעַThen came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?2 Samuel 3:7 · מַדּ֥וּעַNow Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?2 Samuel 11:10 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house?2 Samuel 11:20 · מַדּ֛וּעַit shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?2 Samuel 12:9 · מַדּ֜וּעַWherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah 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.2 Samuel 13:4 · מַדּ֣וּעַAnd he said unto him, Why, O son of the king, art thou thus lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.2 Samuel 16:10 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curseth, and because Jehovah hath said unto him, Curse David; who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so?2 Samuel 18:11 · וּמַדּ֛וּעַAnd 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 given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.2 Samuel 19:41 · מַדּוּעַ֩And, 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?2 Samuel 19:43 · וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙And 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 of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.2 Samuel 24:21 · מַדּ֛וּעַAnd 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 Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.1 Kings 1:6 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.1 Kings 1:13 · וּמַדּ֖וּעַGo 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?1 Kings 1:41 · מַדּ֥וּעַAnd 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 trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?1 Kings 2:43 · וּמַדּ֕וּעַWhy then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?2 Kings 4:23 · מַ֠דּוּעַAnd he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.2 Kings 8:12 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd 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 little ones, and rip up their women with child.2 Kings 9:11 · מַדּ֛וּעַThen 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.2 Kings 12:7 · מַדּ֛וּעַThen 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 more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.2 Chronicles 24:6 · מַדּ֙וּעַ֙And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said 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 Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?Nehemiah 2:2 · מַדּ֣וּעַ׀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.Nehemiah 2:3 · מַדּ֜וּעַAnd 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?Nehemiah 13:11 · מַדּ֖וּעַThen 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.Nehemiah 13:21 · מַדּ֜וּעַThen I testified against 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.Esther 3:3 · מַדּ֙וּעַ֙Then the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?Job 3:12 · מַ֭דּוּעַWhy did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?Job 18:3 · מַ֭דּוּעַWherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?Job 21:4 · מַ֝דּ֗וּעַAs for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?Job 21:7 · מַדּ֣וּעַWherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?Job 24:1 · מַדּ֗וּעַWhy are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?Job 33:13 · מַ֭דּוּעַWhy dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?Isaiah 5:4 · מַדּ֧וּעַWhat could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?Isaiah 50:2 · מַדּ֨וּעַWherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.Isaiah 63:2 · מַדּ֥וּעַWherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?Jeremiah 2:14 · מַדּ֖וּעַIs Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?Jeremiah 2:31 · מַדּ֜וּעַO generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?Jeremiah 8:5 · מַדּ֨וּעַWhy then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.Jeremiah 8:19 · מַדּ֗וּעַBehold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?Jeremiah 8:22 · מַדּ֙וּעַ֙Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?Jeremiah 12:1 · מַדּ֗וּעַRighteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?Jeremiah 13:22 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence.Jeremiah 14:19 · מַדּ֙וּעַ֙Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!Jeremiah 22:28 · מַדּ֤וּעַIs this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?Jeremiah 26:9 · מַדּוּעַ֩Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.Jeremiah 30:6 · מַדּוּעַ֩Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?Jeremiah 32:3 · מַדּוּעַ֩For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;Jeremiah 36:29 · מַדּוּעַ֩And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?Jeremiah 46:5 · מַדּ֣וּעַWherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.Jeremiah 46:15 · מַדּ֖וּעַWhy are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.Jeremiah 49:1 · מַדּ֗וּעַOf the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah: Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof?Malachi 2:10 · מַדּ֗וּעַHave we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?