מָה

𐤌𐤄

mâh

H4100

or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; 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.

Root Family

מה (m-h) — interrogation, inquiry, indefiniteness, whatness

Word Forms

20 distinct forms — 750 total occurrences

SILEX Code Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H4100-09 מַה mah HTi what what? 389
H4100-06 לָ֚/מָּה lamah HR/Ti why for-what? 142
H4100-13 וּ/מַה umah HC/Ti and what and what? 68
H4100-10 מֶ֣ה meh HTi what what? 59
H4100-19 וְ/לָ֖/מָּה velamah HC/R/Ti and why and for-what? 32
H4100-02 בַּ/מֶּ֣ה bameh HR/Ti in what in what? 14
H4100-14 וּ/מֶֽה umeh HC/Ti and what and what? 12
H4100-04 כַּ/מָּ֕ה kamah HR/Ti how long what? 9
H4100-01 בַּ/מָּ֥ה bamah HR/Ti In what with what? 7
H4100-16 וּ/בַ/מֶּ֣ה uvameh HC/R/Ti and with what and in what? 4

Occurrences in Scripture

SILEX Code Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H4100-09 Genesis 2:19 מַה mah HTi what what?
H4100-09 Genesis 3:13 מַה mah HTi What what?
H4100-06 Genesis 4:6 לָ֚/מָּה lamah HR/Ti Why for-what?
H4100-19 Genesis 4:6 וְ/לָ֖/מָּה velamah HC/R/Ti and why and for-what?
H4100-10 Genesis 4:10 מֶ֣ה meh HTi What what?
H4100-09 Genesis 12:18 מַה mah HTi What what?
H4100-06 Genesis 12:18 לָ֚/מָּה lamah HR/Ti Why for-what?
H4100-06 Genesis 12:19 לָ/מָ֤ה lamah HR/Ti Why for-what?
H4100-09 Genesis 15:2 מַה mah HTi What what?
H4100-01 Genesis 15:8 בַּ/מָּ֥ה bamah HR/Ti how with what?
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