מָה
mâh(maw)
“{properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what}”
13 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
{properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what}
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
how great (mighty), that which, what(-soever), why.
Translated in KJV as
how great (mighty)that whichwhat(-soever)why.
Etymology
(Aramaic) corresponding to H4100 (מָה)
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“Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?”