מְאוּמָה

מְא֫וּמָה₃₂ pronoun indefinite anything (according to Thes from מָה וּמָה, like quidquid, against which is the Mil`el tone; according to Ol^{254, 255, 386} Kö^{ii. 146 an old accusative} from מאוּם in sense of speck, particle, compare French point: in Assyrian manman (properly who ? who ?), assimilated mamman, or manma (man, who ? + generalizing ma), mamma, is any one, minma (min, what ? + ma), mimma, is anything, Dl^{§ 60, HWB 418 f}; W^{SG 125 f.}); — anything, usually in negative sentences, as 1 Mos 22,12 ואלתֿעשׂ לו מאומה (euphem. for something bad), 1 Mos 30,31 מאומה לֹאתִֿתֶּןלִֿי, 1 Mos 39,6; 1 Mos 39,9; 1 Mos 40,15 (euphemism), 1 Sam 12,4; 1 Sam 12,5; 1 Sam 20,26; 1 Sam 20,39; 1 Sam 25,7; 1 Sam 25,15; 1 Sam 25,21; 1 Sam 29,3 etc., Dom 14,6 ומאומה אין בידו, Praed 5,14 לא ישׂא בעמלו ׳ומ 1 Kong 18,43 ׳אין מ literally nought of anything ! Jer 39,12 ואל תעשׂ לו מאומה רָּע; strengthened by כֹּל 1 Mos 39,23; 2 Sam 3,35 after אִם = surely not, 2 Sam 3,35 in interrogative sentence 4 Mos 22,38 in affirm. sentence 5 Mos 24,10 כִּיתַֿשֶּׁה ׳בְרֵעֲךָ מַשֵּׁאת מ a pledge of (= consisting in) anything, 2 Sam 13,2 (euphemism), 2 Kong 5,20. Used adverbially, 1 Sam 21,3 את הדבר ׳אישׁ אל ידע מ let no one know of the matter in anything at all.

מָאוֺר, [מְאוּרָה] see אור.

[מאזן], מאֹזְנַיִם see II. אזן.