Strong's #4100: mah (pronounced maw)
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
/ ־ / ־ / /
mâh / mah / mâ / ma / meh
1) what, how, of what kind (interrogative pronoun)
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with preposition)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
2) anything, aught, what may (indefinite pronoun)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Relation: a primitive particle
Usage:
This word is used 751 times:
Genesis 2:19: "them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam"
Genesis 3:13: "God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said,"
Genesis 4:6: "said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?"
Genesis 4:6: "Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?"
Genesis 4:10: "And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto"
Genesis 12:18: "called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not"
Genesis 12:18: "What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she"
Genesis 12:19: " Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold"
Genesis 15:2: "said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,"
Genesis 15:8: "And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit"
Genesis 18:13: "said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying,"
Genesis 20:9: "called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that"
Genesis 20:9: "and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on"
Genesis 20:10: "said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done"
Genesis 21:17: "out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for"
Genesis 21:29: "said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which"
Genesis 23:15: "hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead."
Genesis 24:31: "Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared"
Genesis 25:22: "her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire"
Genesis 25:32: "I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright"
Genesis 26:10: "And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly"
Genesis 27:20: "said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?"
Genesis 27:37: "and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?"
Genesis 27:45: "to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both"
Genesis 27:46: "of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life"
Genesis 28:17: "And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none"
Genesis 29:15: "shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages"
Genesis 29:25: "and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve"
Genesis 29:25: "I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled"
Genesis 30:31: "And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing:"
Genesis 31:26: "And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares"
Genesis 31:27: " Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth,"
Genesis 31:30: "because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen"
Genesis 31:32: "before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew"
Genesis 31:36: "answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that"
Genesis 31:36: "to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after"
Genesis 31:37: "all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household"
Genesis 31:43: "that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters,"
Genesis 32:27: "And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob."
Genesis 32:29: "me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed"
Genesis 33:15: "that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight"
Genesis 37:10: "and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?"
Genesis 37:15: "and the man asked him, saying, What seekest"
Genesis 37:20: "beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams."
Genesis 37:26: "said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay"
Genesis 38:16: "she was his daughter-in-law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto"
Genesis 38:18: "And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff"
Genesis 38:29: "his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name"
Genesis 39:8: "my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all"
Genesis 42:1: "Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?"
