mah or ma- or meh: what? how? anything Original Word: מָה
Transliteration: mah or ma- or meh
Phonetic Spelling: (maw)
Short Definition: what
Word Origin
a prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
Definition
what? how? anything
NASB Word Usage
anything (2), how (93), how long (2), how many (3), how many* (2), how often (2), how* (1), if* (1), many (1), nothing* (1), reason* (2), what (405), whatever (5), whatever* (2), where (3), where* (1), which (1), which* (3), who (2), why (196), why* (14).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org how long, oft, what end, good, purpose, thing, Or mah {mah}; or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also 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.
mə·ḏu·šā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
ham·mə·ḏā·ṯā — 5 Occ.
bam·māh — 7 Occ.
bam·meh — 14 Occ.
bə·meh — 1 Occ.
kam·māh — 9 Occ.
kam·meh — 3 Occ.
lā·māh — 21 Occ.
lā·meh — 1 Occ.
lām·māh — 121 Occ.
ma·hō·šā- — 1 Occ.
meh — 59 Occ.
šal·lā·māh — 1 Occ.
ū·mah- — 66 Occ.
ū·ma·hō·šā- — 2 Occ.
ū·meh- — 12 Occ.
ū·ḇam·māh — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇam·meh — 4 Occ.
ḇam·meh — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵam·māh — 1 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 4100
745 Occurrences
bam·māh — 7 Occ.
bam·meh — 14 Occ.
bə·meh — 1 Occ.
kam·māh — 9 Occ.
kam·meh — 3 Occ.
lā·māh — 21 Occ.
lā·meh — 1 Occ.
lām·māh — 121 Occ.
mah- — 386 Occ.
ma·hō·šā- — 1 Occ.
meh — 59 Occ.
šal·lā·māh — 1 Occ.
ū·mah- — 66 Occ.
ū·ma·hō·šā- — 2 Occ.
ū·meh- — 12 Occ.
ū·ḇam·māh — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇam·meh — 4 Occ.
ḇam·meh — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵam·māh — 1 Occ.
wə·lā·māh — 6 Occ.
wə·lā·meh — 2 Occ.
wə·lām·māh — 26 Occ.
Genesis 2:19
BIB: הָ֣אָדָ֔ם לִרְא֖וֹת מַה־ יִּקְרָא־ ל֑וֹ
NAS: to see what he would call
INT: the man to see what call everyGenesis 3:13
BIB: אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָאִשָּׁ֖ה מַה־ זֹּ֣את עָשִׂ֑ית
NAS: to the woman, What is this
INT: God to the woman What hast done Genesis 4:6
BIB: אֶל־ קָ֑יִן לָ֚מָּה חָ֣רָה לָ֔ךְ
NAS: to Cain, Why are you angry?
INT: to Cain Why wroth Why Genesis 4:6
BIB: חָ֣רָה לָ֔ךְ וְלָ֖מָּה נָפְל֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: are you angry? And why has your countenance
INT: Why wroth Why fallen has your countenance Genesis 4:10
BIB: וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ ק֚וֹל
NAS: He said, What have you done?
KJV: And he said, What hast thou done?
INT: said What done the voice Genesis 12:18
BIB: לְאַבְרָ֔ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מַה־ זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ
NAS: and said, What is this
INT: Abram and said What you have done Genesis 12:18
BIB: עָשִׂ֣יתָ לִּ֑י לָ֚מָּה לֹא־ הִגַּ֣דְתָּ
NAS: you have done to me? Why did you not tell
INT: you have done Why not tell Genesis 12:19
BIB: לָמָ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי
NAS: Why did you say, 'She is my sister,'
INT: Why say other Genesis 15:2
BIB: אֲדֹנָ֤י יֱהוִה֙ מַה־ תִּתֶּן־ לִ֔י
NAS: GOD, what will You give
INT: Lord GOD what give me Genesis 15:8
BIB: אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהוִ֔ה בַּמָּ֥ה אֵדַ֖ע כִּ֥י
NAS: GOD, how may I know
KJV: GOD, whereby shall I know
INT: Lord GOD how know for Genesis 18:13
BIB: אֶל־ אַבְרָהָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה זֶּה֩ צָחֲקָ֨ה
NAS: said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh,
KJV: unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah
INT: to Abraham Why he laugh Genesis 20:9
BIB: וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֜וֹ מֶֽה־ עָשִׂ֤יתָ לָּ֙נוּ֙
NAS: and said to him, What have you done
INT: Abraham and said What done and how Genesis 20:9
BIB: עָשִׂ֤יתָ לָּ֙נוּ֙ וּמֶֽה־ חָטָ֣אתִי לָ֔ךְ
NAS: have you done to us? And how have I sinned
INT: What done and how sinned that Genesis 20:10
BIB: אֶל־ אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה רָאִ֔יתָ כִּ֥י
NAS: to Abraham, What have you encountered,
KJV: unto Abraham, What sawest thou,
INT: to Abraham What encountered that Genesis 21:17
BIB: וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לָ֖הּ מַה־ לָּ֣ךְ הָגָ֑ר
NAS: and said to her, What is the matter with you, Hagar?
INT: heaven and said to her What to Hagar nay Genesis 21:29
BIB: אֶל־ אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה הֵ֗נָּה שֶׁ֤בַע
NAS: said to Abraham, What do these seven
INT: to Abraham What in seven Genesis 23:15
BIB: בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵֽינְךָ֖ מַה־ הִ֑וא וְאֶת־
NAS: of silver, what is that between
INT: between between what he your dead Genesis 24:31
BIB: בְּר֣וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה לָ֤מָּה תַעֲמֹד֙ בַּח֔וּץ
NAS: of the LORD! Why do you stand
INT: blessed of the LORD Why stand outside Genesis 25:22
BIB: אִם־ כֵּ֔ן לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה אָנֹ֑כִי
NAS: it is so, why then am I [this way]? So she went
INT: If is so why he am I Genesis 25:32
BIB: הוֹלֵ֖ךְ לָמ֑וּת וְלָמָּה־ זֶּ֥ה לִ֖י
NAS: to die; so of what [use] then is the birthright
INT: am to die of what he is the birthright Genesis 26:10
BIB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ מַה־ זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ
NAS: said, What is this
INT: said Abimelech What you have done Genesis 27:20
BIB: אֶל־ בְּנ֔וֹ מַה־ זֶּ֛ה מִהַ֥רְתָּ
NAS: to his son, How is it that you have
INT: to his son How he quickly Genesis 27:37
BIB: וּלְכָ֣ה אֵפ֔וֹא מָ֥ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה בְּנִֽי׃
NAS: him. Now as for you then, what can I do,
INT: have sustained then what do afflicted Genesis 27:45
BIB: וּלְקַחְתִּ֣יךָ מִשָּׁ֑ם לָמָ֥ה אֶשְׁכַּ֛ל גַּם־
NAS: you from there. Why should I be bereaved
KJV: and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived
INT: and get there Why I be bereaved again Genesis 27:46
BIB: מִבְּנ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ לָ֥מָּה לִּ֖י חַיִּֽים׃
NAS: of the land, what good will my life
KJV: of the land, what good shall my life
INT: the daughters of the land what shall my life 745 Occurrences
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