מָה
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
Strong’s 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
Etymology & Derivation
or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;
KJV Usage
how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Detailed Definition
From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.
- 1.(interr pron) what, how, of what kind
- 2.(interrogative)
- 3.(adverb)
- 4.anything, aught, what may
- 5.(with prep)
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: mâh; Pronunciation: maw