Why

"Why" in Hebrew

לָמָּה

((interrogative) for what reason)

לָמָה

láma

((interrogative) for what reason)

מַדּוּעַ

madúa’

((interrogative) for what reason)

למה

láma

(the reason)

מדוע

madu‘a

(the reason)

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