4100 – מָה (mah)

what?

Type:	Interrogative/Uncertain pronoun Interrogative/Uncertain pronoun
Hebrew:	מָה (mah)
Pronunciation:	mah    Listen
Gematria:	45(40 + 5)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	or מַה or מָ or מַ also מֶה a primitive particle
Usage:	751 times in OT

Description

interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may

Word root

Word with mah as root:

בְּלִימָה	belimah	H1099	nothing
מַדּוּעַ	madoa	H4069	why?
מַדַּי	madaj	H4078	sufficiency
מָהַהּ	mahah	H4102	to delay
מַכְנַדְבַי	Machnadvaj	H4367	Machnadebai
מָן	man	H4478a	manna
מַתְּלָאָה	matlaah	H4972	weariness

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word mah was translated to the following:

αἴτημα	aitema	G0155	require
ἱκανός	hikanos	G2425	many
λίαν	lian	G3029	exceeding
ποῖος	poios	G4169	what
τίς	tis	G5101	what

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