מַדּוּעַ

מַדּוּעַ₆₁ and :(2 Mos 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 ? 1 Mos 26,27 מַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלָ֑י, 1 Mos 40,7; 2 Mos 1,18; 2 Mos 2,18; 2 Mos 3,8 (in an indirect question), 2 Mos 5,14; 2 Mos 18,14; 3 Mos 10,17; Jos 17,14 (all in Hexateuch), Dom 5,28 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 3,7; 2 Sam 11,10 etc., Es 5,4; Es 50,2; Es 63,2 (all in Isaiah); in Jer 16,1–200 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), vJer 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).