mah <04100>
hm mah or hm mah or m ma or m ma also hm meh
| Pronunciation | : | maw mah maw mah meh |
| Origin | : | a primitive particle, Greek 2982 lama |
| Reference | : | TWOT - 1149 |
| PrtSpch | : | interr pron, indef pron (interr pronoun, indefinite pronoun) |
| In Hebrew | : | hm 445, hml 143, hmw 80, hmlw 34, hmb 23, hmk 12, hmbw 5, hmkw 1, hmls 1, *hm {ym} 1 |
| In NET | : | What 197, Why 190, what 139, How 69, how 38, why 27, Whatever 6, How many 4, What's 3, whether 3, whatever 2, None of your business 2, otherwise 2, whose 1, How long 1, There is no reason 1, Who 1, cause 1, reason 1, that 1, things 1, not anything 1, how much 1, Why Why 1, have 1, how long 1, when 1 |
| In AV | : | what, how, why, whereby, wherein, how long, how oft, to what end |
| Count | : | 27 |
| Definition | : |
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
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: KJV -- how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why. |
| Related Greek | : | - |
