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Hebrew word study

מָהmâh — properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?)

Pronounced “maw”

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

Translated in the King James as: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Appears 743 times in Scripture

Origin: or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 63×
Genesis 2:19Genesis 3:13Genesis 4:6Genesis 4:10Genesis 12:18Genesis 12:19Genesis 15:2Genesis 15:8Genesis 18:13Genesis 20:9Genesis 20:10Genesis 21:17Genesis 21:29Genesis 23:15Genesis 24:31Genesis 25:22Genesis 25:32Genesis 26:10Genesis 27:20Genesis 27:37Genesis 27:45Genesis 27:46Genesis 28:17Genesis 29:15Genesis 29:25+ 38 more in Genesis
Exodus — 33×
Exodus 2:4Exodus 2:13Exodus 2:20Exodus 3:13Exodus 4:2Exodus 5:4Exodus 5:15Exodus 5:22Exodus 10:26Exodus 12:26Exodus 13:14Exodus 14:5Exodus 14:11Exodus 14:15Exodus 15:24Exodus 16:7Exodus 16:8Exodus 16:15Exodus 17:2Exodus 17:3Exodus 17:4Exodus 18:14Exodus 22:27Exodus 32:1Exodus 32:11+ 8 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 1×
Leviticus 25:20
Numbers — 28×
Numbers 9:7Numbers 9:8Numbers 11:11Numbers 11:20Numbers 13:18Numbers 13:19Numbers 14:3Numbers 14:41Numbers 15:34Numbers 16:11Numbers 20:4Numbers 20:5Numbers 21:5Numbers 22:19Numbers 22:28Numbers 22:32Numbers 22:37Numbers 23:3Numbers 23:8Numbers 23:11Numbers 23:17Numbers 23:23Numbers 24:5Numbers 24:22Numbers 27:4+ 3 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 6×
Deuteronomy 5:25Deuteronomy 6:20Deuteronomy 10:12Deuteronomy 29:24Deuteronomy 32:20+ 1 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 13×
Joshua 4:6Joshua 4:21Joshua 5:14Joshua 7:7Joshua 7:8Joshua 7:9Joshua 7:10Joshua 7:19Joshua 7:25Joshua 9:22Joshua 15:18Joshua 22:16Joshua 22:24
Judges — 41×
Judges 1:14Judges 2:2Judges 5:16Judges 5:17Judges 6:13Judges 6:15Judges 7:11Judges 8:1Judges 8:2Judges 8:3Judges 9:2Judges 9:48Judges 11:12Judges 12:3Judges 13:8Judges 13:12Judges 13:18Judges 14:18Judges 15:10Judges 15:11Judges 16:5Judges 16:6Judges 16:10Judges 16:13Judges 16:15+ 16 more in Judges
Ruth — 2×
Ruth 1:11Ruth 1:21
1 Samuel — 67×
1 Sam 1:81 Sam 2:231 Sam 2:291 Sam 3:171 Sam 4:31 Sam 4:61 Sam 4:141 Sam 4:161 Sam 5:81 Sam 6:21 Sam 6:31 Sam 6:41 Sam 6:61 Sam 9:71 Sam 9:211 Sam 10:21 Sam 10:111 Sam 10:151 Sam 10:271 Sam 11:51 Sam 13:111 Sam 14:381 Sam 14:431 Sam 15:141 Sam 15:19+ 42 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel — 45×
2 Sam 1:42 Sam 2:222 Sam 3:242 Sam 6:202 Sam 7:72 Sam 7:202 Sam 9:82 Sam 11:212 Sam 12:212 Sam 12:232 Sam 13:262 Sam 14:52 Sam 14:132 Sam 14:312 Sam 14:322 Sam 15:192 Sam 16:22 Sam 16:92 Sam 16:102 Sam 16:172 Sam 16:202 Sam 17:52 Sam 18:222 Sam 18:232 Sam 18:29+ 20 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings — 17×
1 Ki 1:161 Ki 2:221 Ki 9:81 Ki 9:131 Ki 11:221 Ki 12:91 Ki 12:161 Ki 14:31 Ki 14:61 Ki 17:181 Ki 18:91 Ki 19:91 Ki 19:131 Ki 19:201 Ki 21:51 Ki 22:161 Ki 22:21
2 Kings — 24×
2 Ki 1:52 Ki 1:72 Ki 2:92 Ki 3:132 Ki 4:22 Ki 4:132 Ki 4:142 Ki 4:432 Ki 5:82 Ki 6:282 Ki 6:332 Ki 7:32 Ki 8:132 Ki 8:142 Ki 9:182 Ki 9:192 Ki 9:222 Ki 14:102 Ki 18:192 Ki 20:82 Ki 20:142 Ki 20:152 Ki 23:17+ 1 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 8×
1 Chr 12:321 Chr 15:131 Chr 17:61 Chr 17:181 Chr 21:31 Chr 21:121 Chr 21:17+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 17×
2 Chr 7:212 Chr 10:92 Chr 10:162 Chr 18:152 Chr 18:202 Chr 19:62 Chr 20:122 Chr 24:202 Chr 25:92 Chr 25:152 Chr 25:162 Chr 25:192 Chr 30:32 Chr 32:42 Chr 32:102 Chr 32:132 Chr 35:21
Ezra — 1×
Ezra 9:10
Nehemiah — 7×
Nehemiah 2:4Nehemiah 2:12Nehemiah 2:16Nehemiah 2:19Nehemiah 4:2Nehemiah 6:3Nehemiah 13:17
Esther — 18×
Esther 1:15Esther 2:11Esther 4:5Esther 5:3Esther 5:6Esther 6:3Esther 6:6Esther 7:2Esther 8:1Esther 9:12Esther 9:26+ 7 more in Esther
Job — 63×
Job 3:11Job 3:12Job 3:20Job 6:11Job 6:24Job 6:25Job 7:17Job 7:19Job 7:20Job 7:21Job 9:2Job 9:12Job 9:29Job 10:2Job 10:18Job 11:8Job 13:13Job 13:14Job 13:23Job 13:24Job 15:9Job 15:12Job 15:14Job 16:3Job 16:6+ 38 more in Job
Psalms — 65×
Psalms 2:1Psalms 3:1Psalms 4:2Psalms 8:1Psalms 8:4Psalms 8:9Psalms 10:1Psalms 10:13Psalms 11:3Psalms 21:1Psalms 22:1Psalms 30:9Psalms 31:19Psalms 35:17Psalms 36:7Psalms 39:4Psalms 39:7Psalms 42:5Psalms 42:9Psalms 42:11Psalms 43:2Psalms 43:5Psalms 44:23Psalms 44:24Psalms 49:5+ 40 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 16×
Proverbs 4:19Proverbs 5:20Proverbs 9:13Proverbs 15:23Proverbs 16:16Proverbs 17:16Proverbs 20:24Proverbs 22:27Proverbs 25:8Proverbs 27:1Proverbs 30:4Proverbs 30:13Proverbs 31:2+ 3 more in Proverbs
Ecclesiastes — 28×
Eccles 1:3Eccles 1:9Eccles 2:2Eccles 2:12Eccles 2:15Eccles 2:22Eccles 3:9Eccles 3:15Eccles 3:22Eccles 5:6Eccles 5:11Eccles 5:16Eccles 6:8Eccles 6:10Eccles 6:11Eccles 6:12Eccles 7:10Eccles 7:16Eccles 7:17Eccles 7:24Eccles 8:4Eccles 8:7Eccles 10:14Eccles 11:2Eccles 11:5+ 3 more in Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon — 13×
Song 1:7Song 4:10Song 5:8Song 5:9Song 6:13Song 7:1Song 7:6Song 8:4Song 8:8+ 4 more in Song of Solomon
Isaiah — 28×
Isaiah 1:5Isaiah 1:11Isaiah 2:22Isaiah 3:15Isaiah 5:4Isaiah 10:3Isaiah 14:32Isaiah 19:12Isaiah 21:11Isaiah 22:1Isaiah 22:16Isaiah 36:4Isaiah 38:15Isaiah 38:22Isaiah 39:3Isaiah 39:4Isaiah 40:6Isaiah 40:18Isaiah 40:27Isaiah 41:22Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 45:10Isaiah 52:7Isaiah 55:2Isaiah 58:3+ 3 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 50×
Jeremiah 1:11Jeremiah 1:13Jeremiah 2:5Jeremiah 2:18Jeremiah 2:23Jeremiah 2:29Jeremiah 2:33Jeremiah 2:36Jeremiah 4:30Jeremiah 5:15Jeremiah 5:19Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 6:20Jeremiah 7:17Jeremiah 8:6Jeremiah 8:9Jeremiah 8:14Jeremiah 9:12Jeremiah 11:15Jeremiah 13:21Jeremiah 14:8Jeremiah 14:9Jeremiah 15:18Jeremiah 16:10Jeremiah 20:18+ 25 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 6×
Lam 2:13Lam 3:39Lam 5:1Lam 5:20+ 2 more in Lamentations
Ezekiel — 15×
Ezekiel 8:6Ezekiel 12:9Ezekiel 12:22Ezekiel 15:2Ezekiel 16:30Ezekiel 17:12Ezekiel 18:2Ezekiel 18:31Ezekiel 19:2Ezekiel 20:29Ezekiel 21:7Ezekiel 21:13Ezekiel 24:19Ezekiel 33:11Ezekiel 37:18
Daniel — 3×
Daniel 1:10Daniel 10:20Daniel 12:8
Hosea — 6×
Hosea 6:4Hosea 9:5Hosea 9:14Hosea 10:3Hosea 14:8+ 1 more in Hosea
Joel — 3×
Joel 1:18Joel 2:17Joel 3:4
Amos — 3×
Amos 5:18Amos 7:8Amos 8:2
Jonah — 6×
Jonah 1:6Jonah 1:8Jonah 1:10Jonah 1:11Jonah 4:5+ 1 more in Jonah
Micah — 8×
Micah 4:9Micah 6:3Micah 6:5Micah 6:6Micah 6:8+ 3 more in Micah
Nahum — 1×
Nahum 1:9
Habakkuk — 5×
Habakkuk 1:3Habakkuk 1:13Habakkuk 2:1Habakkuk 2:18+ 1 more in Habakkuk
Haggai — 2×
Haggai 1:9Haggai 2:3
Zechariah — 20×
Zech 1:9Zech 1:19Zech 1:21Zech 2:2Zech 4:2Zech 4:4Zech 4:5Zech 4:11Zech 4:12Zech 4:13Zech 5:2Zech 5:5Zech 5:6Zech 6:4Zech 7:3Zech 9:17Zech 13:6+ 3 more in Zechariah
Malachi — 11×
Malachi 1:2Malachi 1:6Malachi 1:7Malachi 1:13Malachi 2:14Malachi 2:15Malachi 2:17Malachi 3:7Malachi 3:8Malachi 3:13Malachi 3:14

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