Strong’s H4100
מָה — mâh
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
- H4100
- /maw/
- 750× in the Bible
- Transliteration
- mâh
- Pronunciation
- maw
- Occurrences
- 750
Meaning
- Hebrew
- מָה
- Definition
- 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
- Derivation
- or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;
- King James Version renders it as
- how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Words derived from mâh
- בְּלִימָה bᵉlîymâhH1099 · nothing whatever · 2×
- מָא mâʼH3964 · that · 2×
- מַדּוּעַ maddûwaʻH4069 · what known? · 72×
- מַדַּי maddayH4078 · what enough
- מָה mâhH4101 · interrogative what? · 13×
- מָהַהּ mâhahhH4102 · to question or hesitate · 9×
- מִי mîyH4310 · who? · 423×
- מַכְנַדְבַי MaknadbayH4367 · Maknadbai · 1×
- מָן mânH4478 · a whatness · 14×
- מַתְּלָאָה mattᵉlâʼâhH4972 · what a trouble! · 1×
Where it appears
The first verses that use mâh (750 times in all).
Sources
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