King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3964
Transliteration: ma
Phonetic Spelling: (maw)
Part of Speech: pronoun interrogative; indefinite
Short Definition: what
Meaning: what
Word Summary
ma: what
Original Word: מָאTransliteration: ma
Phonetic Spelling: (maw)
Part of Speech: pronoun interrogative; indefinite
Short Definition: what
Meaning: what
Strong's Concordance
what (Aramaic) corresponding to mah; (as indef.) That -- + what.
see HEBREW mah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3964. ma
מָה (מָא Ezra 6:8) pronoun interrogative and
indefinite what? (Biblical Hebrew מָה; Nabataean מה; Zinjirli מ; מא ᵑ7; Syriac ; Arabic : compare WCG 124 f.); —
1 what ? Daniel 4:32 עבדת מה.
2 whatever, what (compare Biblical Hebrew 1b end) Daniel 2:22 בחשׁוכא מח ידע knoweth what is in darkness, Ezra 6:9: so דִּי מָה (compare דִּי 1b: so Nabataean; Palmyrene מדי די, מא, Lzb306 Cooke320, 332) Daniel 2:28-29, (twice in verse); 2:45; Ezra 6:8 תעבדון די למא with regard to what ye shall do, 7:18 (= whatsoever).
3 with prefixes:
a. כְּמָה how! Daniel 3:33 (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 (ᵐ5 μή ποτε), 7:23 קצף להוא למה די for why should there be wrath ? = lest [ᵐ5 μή ποτε] there be wrath (compare דִּילְמָא ᵑ7, Syriac lest: and see מָה
4d b, p. 554:a).
c. עלמֿה wherefore? Daniel 2:15.