Base Word
מָה
Short Definitionproperly, 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 Definition(interr pron) what, how, of what kind
Derivationor מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle
International Phonetic Alphabetmɔː
IPA modmɑː
Syllable
Dictionmaw
Diction Modma
Usagehow(-soever) (long, oft), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why
Part of speechi

Genesis 2:19
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 4:6
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Genesis 4:6
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

Genesis 12:18
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Genesis 12:18
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

Genesis 12:19
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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எபிரேய எழுத்துக்கள் Hebrew Letters in Tamilஎபிரேய உயிரெழுத்துக்கள் Hebrew Vowels in TamilHebrew Short Vowels in Tamil எபிரேய குறில் உயிரெழுத்துக்கள்Hebrew Long Vowels in Tamil எபிரேய நெடில் உயிரெழுத்துக்கள்