מַדּוּעַ61 and :([Exod 18:19]) מַדֻּעַ adverb wherefore? (probably contracted from מַהיָּֿדוּעַ what being known ? i.e. from what motive? so Ges Ew§325 c Ol§223 f, compare in Greek τί μαθών;) — wherefore? on what account ? [Gen 26:27] מַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלָ֑י, [Gen 40:7]; [Exod 1:18]; [Exod 2:18]; [Exod 3:8] (in an indirect question), [Exod 5:14]; [Exod 18:14]; [Lev 10:17]; [Josh 17:14] (all in Hexateuch), [Judg 5:28] (twice in verse); [2Sam 3:7]; [2Sam 11:10] etc., [Isa 5:4]; [Isa 50:2]; [Isa 63:2] (all in Isaiah); in [Jer 16] t., oft, rhetorically, after a double question introduced by הֲאִ֗֗֗ם, expressing affected surprise: [Jer 2:14] (see 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[Jer 2:31]; [Jer 8:5]; [Jer 8:19]; [Jer 8:22]; [Jer 14:19]; [Jer 22:28]; [Jer 49:1], compare [Jer 30:6]; [Job 3:12]; [Job 18:8] (never in Psalms).
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