3964. ma

Strong's Concordance

ma: what

Original Word: מָא
Part of Speech: pronoun interrogative; indefinite
Transliteration: ma
Phonetic Spelling: (maw)
Definition: what

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
(Aramaic) the same as mah, q.v.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מָה (מָא Ezra 6:8) pronoun interrogative and

indefinite what? (Biblical Hebrew מָה; Nabataean מה; Zinjirli מ; ᵑ7 מא; Syriac ; Arabic : compare W^{CG 124 f.}); —

1 what ? Daniel 4:32 מה עבדת.

2 whatever, what (compare Biblical Hebrew 1b end) Daniel 2:22 ידע מח בחשׁוכא knoweth what is in darkness, Ezra 6:9: so מָה דִּי (compare דִּי 1b: so Nabataean; Palmyrene מא די, מדי, Lzb³⁰⁶ Cooke^{320, 332}) Daniel 2:28,29 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:45; 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 (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), Ezra 7:23 די למה להוא קצף for why should there be wrath ? = lest [ᵐ5 μή ποτε] there be wrath (compare ᵑ7 דִּילְמָא, Syriac lest: and see מָה

4d b, p. 554:a).

c. עלמֿה wherefore? Daniel 2:15.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

what

(Aramaic) corresponding to mah; (as indef.) That -- + what.

see HEBREW mah

Forms and Transliterations

בַּמָּֽה׃ במה׃ לְמָ֣א למא bam·māh bamMah bammāh lə·mā leMa ləmā

Englishman's Concordance

1 Kings 22:21
HEB: יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו בַּמָּֽה׃
INT: the LORD about what

Ezra 6:8
HEB: שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ לְמָ֣א דִֽי־ תַֽעַבְד֗וּן
KJV: make a decree what ye shall do to
INT: issue A decree what of do

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3964
2 Occurrences

bam·māh — 1 Occ.
lə·mā — 1 Occ.