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 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: | Why 131, What 128, what 96, How 45, how 24, why 14, What's 3, Whatever 3, None of your business 2, whatever 2, How many 2, There is no reason 1, How long 1, have 1, that 1, things 1, whether 1, otherwise 1, how much 1, Why Why 1, how long 1, Who 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:-how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why. |
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