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:
1 Samuel 6:2: "for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell"
1 Samuel 6:2: "to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place."
1 Samuel 6:3: "him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed"
1 Samuel 6:4: "Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden"
1 Samuel 6:6: " Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened"
1 Samuel 9:7: "to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread"
1 Samuel 9:7: "a present to bring to the man of God: what"
1 Samuel 9:21: "of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so"
1 Samuel 10:2: "the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?"
1 Samuel 10:11: "then the people said one to another, What is this that is come"
1 Samuel 10:15: "said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said"
1 Samuel 10:27: "But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought"
1 Samuel 11:5: "the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told"
1 Samuel 13:11: "And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw"
1 Samuel 14:38: "of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day."
1 Samuel 14:43: "to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said,"
1 Samuel 15:14: "And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing"
1 Samuel 15:19: " Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil,"
1 Samuel 16:1: "said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for"
1 Samuel 17:8: "the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not"
1 Samuel 17:26: "that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth"
1 Samuel 17:28: "was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left"
1 Samuel 17:29: "And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?"
1 Samuel 19:3: "art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell"
1 Samuel 19:5: "Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay"
1 Samuel 19:17: "said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away"
1 Samuel 19:17: "He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill"
1 Samuel 20:1: "and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity?"
1 Samuel 20:1: "before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin"
1 Samuel 20:1: "What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father,"
1 Samuel 20:4: "Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do"
1 Samuel 20:8: "slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?"
1 Samuel 20:10: "Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?"
1 Samuel 20:32: "his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?"
1 Samuel 20:32: "unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?"
1 Samuel 21:3: "Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread"
1 Samuel 21:14: "ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to"
1 Samuel 22:3: "come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do"
1 Samuel 22:13: "And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son"
1 Samuel 24:9: "And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words,"
1 Samuel 25:17: "Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined"
1 Samuel 26:15: "and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord"
1 Samuel 26:18: "And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for"
1 Samuel 26:18: "after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?"
1 Samuel 26:18: "for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?"
1 Samuel 27:5: "in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city"
1 Samuel 28:9: "and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?"
1 Samuel 28:12: "to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul."
1 Samuel 28:13: "unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto"
1 Samuel 28:14: "And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he"
