number - 4100
orig_word - מָה
word_orig - a primitive particle
translit - mah
tdnt - TWOT - 1149
phonetic - maw
part_of_speech -
st_def - or mah {mah}; or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh}; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses:--how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
IPD_def - interr pron
- what, how, of what kind
- (interrogative)
- what?
- of what kind
- what? (rhetorical)
- whatsoever, whatever, what
- (adverb)
- how, how now
- why
- how! (exclamation)
- (with prep)
- wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
- because of what?
- the like of what? 1c
- how much?, how many?, how often? 1c
- for how long?
- for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
- until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron
- anything, aught, what may
English -
letter - m
data - {"def":{"short":"properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses","long":["(interr pron) what, how, of what kind",["(interrogative)",["what?","of what kind","what? (rhetorical)","whatsoever, whatever, what"],"(adverb)",["how, how now","why","how! (exclamation)"],"(with prep)",["wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?","because of what?","the like of what?",["how much?, how many?, how often?","for how long?"],"for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?","until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron"]],"anything, aught, what may"]},"deriv":"or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle","pronun":{"ipa":"mɔː","ipa_mod":"mɑː","sbl":"mâ","dic":"maw","dic_mod":"ma"}}
usages - how(-soever) (long, oft), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why
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id - 4336
strongs - 4100
base_word - מָה
data - {"def":{"short":"properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses","long":["(interr pron) what, how, of what kind",["(interrogative)",["what?","of what kind","what? (rhetorical)","whatsoever, whatever, what"],"(adverb)",["how, how now","why","how! (exclamation)"],"(with prep)",["wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?","because of what?","the like of what?",["how much?, how many?, how often?","for how long?"],"for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?","until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron"]],"anything, aught, what may"]},"deriv":"or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle","pronun":{"ipa":"mɔː","ipa_mod":"mɑː","sbl":"mâ","dic":"maw","dic_mod":"ma"}}
usage - how(-soever) (long, oft), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why
part_of_speech - i