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Jeremiah 8:5
“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַדּוּעַmaddûwaʻ · mad-doo'-ah
H4069 · Hebrew
H4069 · Hebrew
- Definition
- what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?
- Derivation
- or מַדֻּעַ; from H4100 (מָה) and the passive participle of H3045 (יָדַע);
- KJV renderings
- how, wherefore, why.
- Grammar
- מַדּ֨וּעַ — particle (interrogative)
- Usage
- Occurs 72 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:27Genesis 40:7Exodus 1:18Exodus 2:18Exodus 3:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַדּוּעַ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.