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HebrewH4100Intg

מָה

mah

595Occurrences
H4100Strong's #
IntgPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
interr pron 1) what, how, of what kind 1a) (interrogative) 1a1) what? 1a2) of what kind 1a3) what? (rhetorical) 1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what 1b) (adverb) 1b1) how, how now 1b2) why 1b3) how! (exclamation) 1c) (with prep) 1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means? 1c2) because of what? 1c3) the like of what? 1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often? 1c3b) for how long? 1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose? 1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron 2) anything, aught, what may

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Intg

Morphology Code

H:Intg

Full Description

H:Intg

Occurrences

מָה appears 595 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
54
1 Samuel
53
Job
52
Jeremiah
42
Judges
35
2 Samuel
31
Exodus
29
Psalms
28

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:13BSB

It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”

2 Samuel 11:21BSB

Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

Genesis 12:19BSB

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

Judges 7:11BSB

and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.

Joshua 9:22BSB

Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.