H4100 – mah – מָה what? how? why? when? what! how! what, whatever, which

Strong’s ID:
H4100
Hebrew Word:
מָה
Transliteration:
mâh / mah
Pronunciation:
maw
Part of Speech:
indefinite pronoun, interrogative pronoun
Etymology:
a primitive particle
Equivalents:
Usage Count:
27
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Find “mah” in the Bible (Old Testament)

Equip God’s People Hebrew Lexicon

1) interrogative: what? how? why? when?
2) exclamatory: what! how!
3) indefinite: what, whatever, which

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Strong’s Hebrew Lexicon

or מַה mah, mah; or מָ mâ, maw; or מַ ma, mah; also מֶה meh, meh; a primitive particle; 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:—how (long, oft, [-soever]), [no-] thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.