מָה

Strong's H4100

mâh

/maw/

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

Quick Facts

Strong's Number
H4100
Hebrew
מָה
Transliteration
mâh
Pronunciation
/maw/
KJV Translations
13 distinct renderings
Language
Biblical Hebrew

Definition & Etymology

Full 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

Derivation

or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;

KJV Translation Breakdown

This Hebrew word is translated as the following in the King James Version:

how (longoft(-soever))(no-) thingwhat (endgoodpurposething)whereby(-fore-in-to-with)(for) why

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