למה זה קשור, לעבודה או לבית?

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Breakdown of למה זה קשור, לעבודה או לבית?

• בית: home
• ל: to
• או: or

Questions & Answers about למה זה קשור, לעבודה או לבית?

What does למה mean here? I thought it meant why.

In this sentence, למה means to what, not why.

That is because קשור usually goes with ל־:
קשור ל־... = related to ... / connected to ...

So:

• למה זה קשור? = To what is this related?
• not Why is this related?

In normal unpointed Hebrew, the same spelling למה can mean either why or to what. The context tells you which one is intended.

Why is there no separate word for to before what?

Because Hebrew often attaches prepositions directly to question words.

Here, למה is basically:

• ל־ = to
• מה = what

So למה literally means to what.

That is very common in Hebrew. You will often see prepositions attached this way:

• במה = with what / in what
• ממה = from what
• על מה or sometimes attached in other patterns depending on the preposition

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