מָה
mah
“what?”
Definition
{properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what}
(Aramaic) corresponding to H4100 (מָה)
- what, whatever 1a) what? 1b) whatever, what, whatsoever 1c) how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Intg
A:Intg
A:Intg
Occurrences
מָה appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked.At this time Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.
He reveals the deep and hidden things;He knows what lies in darkness,and light dwells with Him.
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.
And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future.The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.