Mâh — H4101

Definition

indefinite pronoun

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what

1. what, whatever
1. what?
2. whatever, what, whatsoever
3. how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes)

Usually translated as

what, why, whatsoever, how great, that which

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4100

• Mâh (H4100)

Occurrences

Mâh occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (3), Daniel (7)

• Ezra 4:22 — Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why (לְמָה֙) should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
• Ezra 7:18 — And whatsoever (וּמָ֣ה) shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
• Ezra 7:23 — Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why (לְמָ֤ה) should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
• Daniel 2:15 — He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why (מָ֥ה) is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
• Daniel 2:22 — He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what (מָ֣ה) is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
• Daniel 2:28 — But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what (מָ֛ה) shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
• Daniel 2:29 — As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what (מָ֛ה) should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
• Daniel 2:29 — As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what (מָה) shall come to pass.
• Daniel 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what (מָ֛ה) shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
• Daniel 4:3 — How (כְּמָ֣ה) great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
• Daniel 4:3 — How great are his signs! and how (כְּמָ֣ה) mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
• Daniel 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What (מָ֥ה) doest thou?