Lexicon / H4100
מָה
mah
  • what?
  • how?
  • aught

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: what?

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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: what?; how?; aught

מָה מָה־ מַה־ מַה‍ּ מֶה מַ‍ּ מָ pron.interrog indef what? how? aught what? interrog. Used adverbially Indef. pron. With preps. rarely. —. and.