מַדּוּעַ (maddûaʿ) is a Hebrew interrogative meaning wherefore? It appears 72 times in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4069).

Also rendered

• why?

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 848h)

Root family 848: יָדַע yādaʿ — know. (RSV, ASV similar.)

• יָדַע yada — know
• דַּעַת daʿat — knowledge
• יִדְּעֹנִי yiddĕʿōnî — familiar spirit
• דֵּעָה dēʿâ — knowledge
• מַדָּע maddāʿ — knowledge
• דֵּעַ dēaʿ — knowledge
• מוֹדַע môdaʿ — kinsman
• מֹדַעַת mōdaʿat — kindred

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