Word meanings
Strong's dictionary
or מַדֻּעַ; from מָה and the passive participle of יָדַע; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?; how, wherefore, why.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מַדּוּעַ 61 and מַדֻּעַ adv. wherefore?
Every occurrence
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Joshua 17:14 מַדּוּעַ֩ ma.du.a' · Small word: why
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.