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מָה ‘what?’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive particle

int
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

Mentioned in Genesis 31:30, 37:10, 47:3, 20:9, 20:10, 21:29, 26:10, 18:13, 12:18, 15:2, 23:15, 33:15, 39:8, 44:7, 44:16, 2:19, 4:10, 47:19, 15:8, 31:43, 27:37, 27:45, 29:15, 31:32, 31:37, 37:26, 38:29, 42:28, 43:6, 37:20, 12:19, 31:36, 44:4, 28:17, 44:15, 3:13, 21:17, 4:6, 27:20, 27:46, 29:25, 32:28, 38:16, 38:18, 47:8, 47:15, 25:22, 30:31, 24:31, 25:32, 31:26, 32:30, 37:15, 42:1, 46:33, 31:27 Exodus 3:13, 32:12, 33:16, 5:22, 5:4, 32:1, 32:21, 16:15, 33:5, 2:4, 2:20, 14:11, 2:13, 32:23, 16:8, 4:2, 5:15, 12:26, 13:14, 14:5, 14:15, 17:4, 22:26, 10:26, 32:11, 15:24, 17:2, 17:3, 18:14, 16:7 Codex Leviticus 25:20 Numbers 27:4, 9:7, 24:5, 16:11, 23:3, 23:11, 13:20, 20:5, 21:5, 23:8, 23:23, 9:8, 11:11, 14:3, 20:4, 22:32, 22:37, 23:17, 32:7, 13:18, 13:19, 24:22, 11:20, 14:41, 22:28, 15:34, 22:19 Deuteronomy 10:12, 32:20, 5:25, 6:20, 29:23 Joshua 4:21, 15:18, 7:7, 4:6, 7:25, 5:14, 7:8, 22:16, 7:19, 7:10, 9:22, 22:24, 7:9 Judges 1:14, 6:13, 6:15, 9:48, 8:2, 13:8, 16:15, 8:3, 9:2, 18:8, 18:14, 21:3, 7:11, 12:3, 8:1, 14:18, 15:10, 15:11, 16:5, 11:12, 16:6, 16:10, 16:13, 18:18, 18:23, 18:24, 13:12, 13:18, 18:3, 20:12, 21:16, 21:7, 5:17, 2:2, 5:16 1 Samuel 10:2, 19:3, 20:1, 20:8, 20:10, 20:32, 22:3, 26:15, 25:17, 26:18, 29:4, 29:8, 24:10, 21:4, 29:3, 28:9, 6:3, 9:7, 15:14, 17:28, 6:4, 27:5, 11:5, 4:3, 19:17, 1:8, 4:14, 4:16, 10:11, 17:8, 17:26, 21:15, 28:14, 3:17, 28:13, 4:6, 5:8, 9:21, 14:43, 15:19, 20:4, 22:13, 28:12, 28:15, 2:23, 6:2, 10:15, 10:27, 13:11, 14:38, 17:29, 28:16, 2:29, 6:6, 19:5 2 Samuel 19:29, 24:17, 11:21, 16:9, 13:26, 14:31, 14:32, 16:17, 16:20, 17:5, 18:29, 19:11, 19:12, 14:5, 2:22, 3:24, 19:36, 24:3, 7:20, 19:13, 6:20, 7:7, 18:22, 18:23, 21:4, 19:23, 19:43, 12:21, 16:2, 1:4, 9:8, 12:23, 15:19, 19:35, 21:3, 24:13, 14:13, 20:19, 16:10, 19:26, 19:30, 19:37 1 Kings 12:9, 19:20, 2:22, 19:13, 12:16, 9:13, 18:9, 14:6, 21:5, 17:18, 3:5, 11:22, 14:3, 19:9, 22:16, 1:16, 9:8, 14:14 2 Kings 3:13, 4:14, 8:14, 14:10, 4:13, 20:15, 20:8, 9:18, 9:19, 9:22, 4:2, 20:14, 1:7, 4:43, 5:8, 7:3, 23:17, 6:28, 1:5, 2:9, 6:33, 18:19, 8:13 Isaiah 45:10, 2:22, 45:9, 3:15, 41:22, 39:4, 38:22, 19:12, 1:11, 39:3, 55:2, 40:18, 21:11, 36:4, 40:27, 52:7, 38:15, 40:6, 10:3, 22:1, 14:32, 1:5, 63:17, 58:3, 52:5, 22:16, 5:4 Jeremiah 2:5, 9:11, 40:15, 5:31, 2:33, 23:33, 49:4, 11:15, 2:36, 23:35, 13:21, 2:23, 7:17, 8:6, 14:9, 22:8, 44:7, 5:15, 15:18, 24:3, 27:17, 38:25, 1:11, 1:13, 2:29, 5:19, 8:14, 16:10, 23:37, 27:13, 37:18, 48:19, 30:15, 33:24, 23:28, 22:23, 14:8, 6:20, 2:18, 4:30, 8:9, 20:18, 29:27 Ezekiel 18:2, 12:22, 8:6, 12:9, 15:2, 33:30, 16:30, 21:12, 21:18, 33:11, 17:12, 20:29, 24:19, 37:18, 19:2, 18:31 Hosea 10:3, 14:9, 6:4, 9:5, 9:14 Joel 2:17, 1:18, 4:4 Amos 4:13, 7:8, 5:18, 8:2 Jonah 1:6, 1:8, 1:10, 1:11, 4:5 Micah 4:9, 6:8, 6:6, 6:5, 6:3 Nahum 1:9 Habakkuk 1:3, 1:13, 2:18, 2:1 Haggai 2:3, 1:9 Zechariah 1:9, 4:4, 4:5, 4:13, 6:4, 13:6, 5:6, 2:4, 2:2, 2:6, 4:2, 4:11, 4:12, 5:2, 5:5, 7:3, 9:17 Malachi 1:6, 3:7, 3:8, 1:2, 2:17, 2:15, 3:14, 1:7, 2:14, 3:13 Psalms 8:2, 8:10, 8:5, 31:20, 36:8, 56:12, 89:48, 118:6, 144:3, 35:17, 39:8, 44:24, 4:3, 119:97, 74:9, 133:1, 114:5, 42:10, 43:2, 66:3, 79:10, 115:2, 85:9, 22:2, 52:3, 139:17, 30:10, 10:13, 42:6, 42:12, 43:5, 50:16, 56:5, 68:17, 74:1, 119:103, 39:5, 79:5, 80:13, 119:9, 104:24, 89:47, 92:6, 2:1, 21:2, 11:3, 88:15, 74:11, 84:2, 3:2, 10:1, 116:12, 49:6, 119:84, 120:3, 78:40, 44:25 Proverbs 20:24, 25:8, 17:16, 22:27, 15:23, 27:1, 30:4, 4:19, 9:13, 16:16, 31:2, 5:20, 30:13 Job 30:2, 38:6, 7:20, 16:3, 35:7, 3:20, 21:21, 13:24, 21:17, 7:21, 10:2, 9:2, 19:22, 22:13, 22:17, 25:4, 31:14, 7:17, 9:12, 26:14, 27:8, 31:2, 16:6, 35:6, 19:28, 23:5, 35:3, 37:19, 6:25, 15:14, 6:24, 13:13, 34:33, 9:29, 6:11, 26:7, 27:12, 34:4, 3:11, 15:9, 31:1, 7:19, 3:12, 13:14, 11:8, 10:18, 40:4, 26:2, 13:23, 26:3, 21:15, 15:12 Song of Songs 1:7, 5:8, 7:7, 8:4, 4:10, 8:8, 7:2, 5:9, 7:1 Ruth 1:11, 1:21 Lamentations 3:39, 5:20, 5:1, 2:13 Ecclesiastes 1:3, 2:12, 2:22, 3:22, 6:10, 6:11, 6:12, 10:14, 2:15, 1:9, 8:7, 11:5, 5:10, 5:5, 7:10, 7:16, 7:17, 3:15, 2:2, 8:4, 11:2, 3:9, 5:15, 7:24, 6:8 Esther 9:12, 9:26, 1:15, 8:1, 6:6, 5:3, 5:6, 6:3, 7:2, 2:11, 4:5 Daniel 1:10, 12:8, 10:20 Ezra 9:10 Nehemiah 3:34, 2:12, 2:4, 6:3, 2:19, 13:17, 2:16 1 Chronicles 21:17, 21:3, 12:33, 17:6, 21:12, 17:18 2 Chronicles 10:9, 32:13, 19:6, 25:19, 10:16, 20:12, 25:9, 35:21, 18:15, 18:20, 25:15, 25:16, 1:7, 24:20, 7:21, 32:4, 32:10

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