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Leviticus 10:17
“Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- מַדּ֗וּעַ — 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.