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Lexicon :: Strong's H4101 - mâ

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מָה
Transliteration
mâ
Pronunciation
maw
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Part of Speech
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to מָה (H4100)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2822

Strong’s Definitions

מָה mâh, maw; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4100:—how great (mighty), that which, what(-soever), why.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H4101 in the following manner: what (6x), why (3x), that which (1x), whatsoever (1x), how great (1x), how mighty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H4101 in the following manner: what (6x), why (3x), that which (1x), whatsoever (1x), how great (1x), how mighty (1x).

  1. what, whatever

    1. what?

    2. whatever, what, whatsoever

    3. how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָה mâh, maw; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4100:—how great (mighty), that which, what(-soever), why.
STRONGS H4101: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† מָה ([H3964 מָא † Ezra 6:8]) pronoun interrogative and indefinite what? (Biblical Hebrew H4100 מָה; Nabataean מה; Zinjirli מ; Targum מא; Syriac axm; Arabic مَا: compare WCG 124 f.); —
1. what ? Daniel 4:32 [Daniel 4:35] מה עבדת.
2. whatever, what (compare Biblical Hebrew H4100 1b end) Daniel 2:22 ידע מח בחשׁוכא knoweth what is in darkness, Ezra 6:9: so מָה דִּי (compare H1768 דִּי 1b: so Nabataean; Palmyrene מא די, מדי, Lzb306 Cooke320, 332) Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:29 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:45; [H3964 Ezra 6:8] למא די תעבדון with regard to what ye shall do, Ezra 7:18 (= whatsoever).
3. with prefixes:
a. כְּמָה how! Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3] (twice in verse).
b. לְמָה why? (compare Biblical Hebrew לָמָּה) Ezra 4:22 be not slack herein: why should damage grow, etc., virtually = lest damage grow (Greek Version of the LXX μή ποτε), Ezra 7:23 די למה להוא קצף for why should there be wrath ? = lest [Greek Version of the LXX μή ποτε] there be wrath (compare Targum דִּילְמָא, Syriac axmlfD lest: and see H4100 מָה 4 d (b).
c. על־מה wherefore? Daniel 2:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:22; 6:9; 7:18; 7:23

Daniel

2:15; 2:22; 2:28; 2:29; 2:45; 4:3; 4:35

H4101

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4101 matches the Hebrew מָה (mâ),
which occurs 13 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22 - videte ne neglegenter hoc impleatis et paulatim crescat malum contra reges

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - quod si necesse fuerit et vitulos et agnos et hedos in holocaustum Deo caeli frumentum sal vinum et oleum secundum ritum sacerdotum qui sunt in Hierusalem detur eis per dies singulos ne sit in aliquo querimonia

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:18 - sed et si quid tibi et fratribus tuis placuerit de reliquo argento et auro ut faciatis iuxta voluntatem Dei vestri facite

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - omne quod ad ritum Dei caeli pertinet tribuatur diligenter in domo Dei caeli ne forte irascatur contra regnum regis et filiorum eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - Et interrogavit eum, qui a rege potestatem acceperat, quam ob causam tam crudelis sententia a facie regis esset egressa. Cum ergo rem indicasset Arioch Danieli,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:22 - Ipse revelat profunda, et abscondita, et novit in tenebris constituta: et lux cum eo est.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - Sed est Deus in caelo revelans mysteria, qui indicavit tibi rex Nabuchodonosor, quae ventura sunt in novissimis temporibus. Somnium tuum, et visiones capitis tui in cubili tuo huiuscemodi sunt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:29 - Tu rex cogitare coepisti in strato tuo, quid esset futurum post haec: et qui revelat mysteria, ostendit tibi quae ventura sunt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - Secundum quod vidisti, quod de monte abscissus est lapis sine manibus, et comminuit testam, et ferrum, et aes, et argentum, et aurum, Deus magnus ostendit regi quae ventura sunt postea. et verum est somnium, et fidelis interpretatio eius.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - (Vulgate 3:100) signa eius, quia magna sunt: et mirabilia eius, quia fortia: et regnum eius regnum sempiternum, et (c) potestas eius in generationem et generationem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - (Vulgate 4:32) Et omnes habitatores terrae apud eum in nihilum reputati sunt: iuxta voluntatem enim suam facit tam in virtutibus caeli quam in habitatoribus terrae: et non est qui resistat manui eius, et dicat ei: Quare fecisti?
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