למה

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למה¹

  • /ˈlɔm.mɔ/
  • /lɔ.ˈmɔ/
  • /ˈlama/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Compare Arabic لما.

adverb לָמָּה · לָמָה · láma · lamá

  1. interrogative why, for what reason למה אתה לא מסדר את החדר שלך?
  2. relative for which reason זו הסיבה למה יצאתי מהתחום הזה.

    Similar: שֶׁ־

  3. the reason for which אני מבינה למה הם זועמים עליה.
  4. because

Similar: למה זה, מדוע

למה²

  • /ˈlɔm.mɔ/
  • /lɔ.ˈmɔ/
  • /ˈlama/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

noun לָמָה · láma · לָמוֹת · לָמַת־ · לאמה

  1. llama

Thesaurus

adverb

Similar: למה זה, מדוע

In English

  • llama South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
  • why (interrogative) for what reason
  • wherefore because of which
  • lemma mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
  • what for for what reason; why

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {למה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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