מָה
Engelsk what?
Brown-Driver-Briggs (bibelsk aramaisk)
מָה (מָא Ezr 6,8) pronoun interrogative and indefinite what? (Biblical Hebrew מָה; Nabataean מה; Zinjirli מ; ᵑ7 מא; Syriac ; Arabic : compare WCG 124 f.); —
1. what ? Dan 4,32 מה עבדת.
2. whatever, what (compare Biblical Hebrew 1 b end) Dan 2,22 ידע מח בחשׁוכא knoweth what is in darkness, Ezr 6,9: so מָה דִּי (compare דִּי 1 b: so Nabataean; Palmyrene מא די, מדי, Lzb306 Cooke320, 332) Dan 2,28; Dan 2,29 (twice in verse); Dan 2,45; Ezr 6,8 למא די תעבדון with regard to what ye shall do, Ezr 7,18 (= whatsoever).
3. with prefixes:
\ \ a. כְּמָה how! Dan 3,33 (twice in verse).
\ \ b. לְמָה why? (compare Biblical Hebrew לָמָּה) Ezr 4,22 be not slack herein: why should damage grow, etc., virtually = lest damage grow (ᵐ5 μή ποτε), Ezr 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 4 d b, p. 554:a).
\ \ c. עלמֿה wherefore? Dan 2,15.
\ \ a. כְּמָה how! Dan 3,33 (twice in verse).
\ \ b. לְמָה why? (compare Biblical Hebrew לָמָּה) Ezr 4,22 be not slack herein: why should damage grow, etc., virtually = lest damage grow (ᵐ5 μή ποτε), Ezr 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 4 d b, p. 554:a).
\ \ c. עלמֿה wherefore? Dan 2,15.
Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.