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)
Range of meaning (TWOT 848h)wherefore?; what, known?, why?; how, wherefore, why
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מַדּוּעַadverb: wherefore?
and מַדֻּעַ adverb wherefore?
Strong's H4069מַדּוּעַ: what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why? KJV:how, wherefore, why.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 848: יָדַעyādaʿ — know; learn to know, perceive, perceive and see, find out and discern, discriminate, distinguish, know by experience, recognize, admit, acknowledge, confess, consider, not know, not expect, be acquainted with, know a person…