מָה (māh) — what? | UBS Hebrew Dictionary

Form 1

Part of speech: pi

Sense 1: what?

Semantic domains: Object Referents (003001)

Definition: = a reference to an unknown object or event; normally used with the purpose of identifying that object; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that that object or event cannot be identified

Show passage in OET: GEN 2:19

OET-RV GEN 2:19

19 Now Yahweh God had formed every living thing of the countryside and every bird of the sky from the ground, so he brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that would become its name.

OET-LV GEN 2:19

19 And_ YHWH god _he/it _formed from the_soil every _of (the)_animal _of the_field and_DOM every _of (the)_bird _of the_heavens and_he/it _brought to the_humankind to_see what will _he _call to_him/it and_all/each/any/every that he _called to_him/it the_humankind a _creature living it his/its_name.

Show passage in OET: GEN 3:13

OET-RV GEN 3:13

13 Then Yahweh God asked the woman, “What did you do?”
¶ “The snake tricked me, so I ate some of the fruit,” the woman replied.

OET-LV GEN 3:13

13 And_ YHWH god _he/it _said to _the_woman what this have _you _done and_ the_woman _she/it _said the_snake he/it _deceived/seduced_me and_I _ate.

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All 508 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 2:19 · OET GEN 3:13 · OET GEN 4:10 · OET GEN 12:18 · OET GEN 15:2 · OET GEN 15:8 · OET GEN 20:9–10 · OET GEN 21:17 · OET GEN 21:29 · OET GEN 23:15 · OET GEN 26:10 · OET GEN 27:20 · OET GEN 27:37 · OET GEN 28:17 · OET GEN 29:15 · OET GEN 29:25 · OET GEN 30:31 · OET GEN 31:26 · OET GEN 31:32 · OET GEN 31:36–37 · OET GEN 31:43 · OET GEN 32:27 · OET GEN 37:10 · OET GEN 37:15 · OET GEN 37:20 · OET GEN 37:26 · OET GEN 38:16 · OET GEN 38:18 · OET GEN 38:29 · OET GEN 39:8 · OET GEN 42:28 · OET GEN 44:15–16 · OET GEN 46:33 · OET GEN 47:3 · OET GEN 47:8

EXO: OET EXO 2:4 · OET EXO 3:13 · OET EXO 4:2 · OET EXO 10:26 · OET EXO 12:26 · OET EXO 13:14 · OET EXO 14:5 · OET EXO 14:11 · OET EXO 14:15 · OET EXO 15:24 · OET EXO 16:7–8 · OET EXO 16:15 · OET EXO 17:2 · OET EXO 17:4 · OET EXO 18:14 · OET EXO 22:27 · OET EXO 32:1 · OET EXO 32:21 · OET EXO 32:23 · OET EXO 33:5 · OET EXO 33:16

LEV: OET LEV 25:20

NUM: OET NUM 9:8 · OET NUM 13:18–20 · OET NUM 15:34 · OET NUM 16:11 · OET NUM 22:19 · OET NUM 22:28 · OET NUM 22:32 · OET NUM 23:3 · OET NUM 23:8 · OET NUM 23:11 · OET NUM 23:17 · OET NUM 23:23 · OET NUM 24:5 · OET NUM 24:22

DEU: OET DEU 6:20 · OET DEU 10:12 · OET DEU 29:24 · OET DEU 32:20

JOS: OET JOS 4:6 · OET JOS 4:21 · OET JOS 5:14 · OET JOS 7:8–9 · OET JOS 7:19 · OET JOS 7:25 · OET JOS 15:18 · OET JOS 22:16 · OET JOS 22:24

JDG: OET JDG 1:14 · OET JDG 2:2 · OET JDG 6:15 · OET JDG 7:11 · OET JDG 8:1–3 · OET JDG 9:2 · OET JDG 9:48 · OET JDG 11:12 · OET JDG 13:8 · OET JDG 13:12 · OET JDG 14:18 · OET JDG 15:11 · OET JDG 16:5–6 · OET JDG 16:10 · OET JDG 16:13 · OET JDG 16:15 · OET JDG 18:3 · OET JDG 18:8 · OET JDG 18:14 · OET JDG 18:18 · OET JDG 18:23–24 · OET JDG 20:12 · OET JDG 21:7 · OET JDG 21:16

SA1: OET SA1 3:17 · OET SA1 4:6 · OET SA1 4:14 · OET SA1 4:16 · OET SA1 5:8 · OET SA1 6:2 · OET SA1 6:4 · OET SA1 9:7 · OET SA1 10:2 · OET SA1 10:11 · OET SA1 10:15 · OET SA1 10:27 · OET SA1 11:5 · OET SA1 13:11 · OET SA1 14:38 · OET SA1 14:43 · OET SA1 15:14 · OET SA1 17:26 · OET SA1 17:29 · OET SA1 19:3 · OET SA1 20:1 · OET SA1 20:4 · OET SA1 20:10 · OET SA1 20:32 · OET SA1 21:3 · OET SA1 22:3 · OET SA1 25:17 · OET SA1 26:18 · OET SA1 28:13–15 · OET SA1 29:3–4 · OET SA1 29:8

SA2: OET SA2 1:4 · OET SA2 3:24 · OET SA2 6:20 · OET SA2 7:20 · OET SA2 9:8 · OET SA2 12:21 · OET SA2 14:5 · OET SA2 16:2 · OET SA2 16:10 · OET SA2 16:20 · OET SA2 17:5 · OET SA2 18:22–23 · OET SA2 18:29 · OET SA2 19:22 · OET SA2 19:28 · OET SA2 19:34 · OET SA2 21:3–4 · OET SA2 24:13 · OET SA2 24:17

KI1: OET KI1 1:16 · OET KI1 3:5 · OET KI1 9:8 · OET KI1 9:13 · OET KI1 11:22 · OET KI1 12:9 · OET KI1 12:16 · OET KI1 14:3 · OET KI1 14:14 · OET KI1 17:18 · OET KI1 18:9 · OET KI1 19:9 · OET KI1 19:13 · OET KI1 19:20 · OET KI1 21:5 · OET KI1 22:16 · OET KI1 22:21

KI2: OET KI2 1:5 · OET KI2 1:7 · OET KI2 2:9 · OET KI2 3:13 · OET KI2 4:2 · OET KI2 4:13–14 · OET KI2 4:43 · OET KI2 6:28 · OET KI2 6:33 · OET KI2 7:3 · OET KI2 8:13–14 · OET KI2 9:18–19 · OET KI2 9:22 · OET KI2 18:19 · OET KI2 20:8 · OET KI2 20:14–15 · OET KI2 23:17

CH1: OET CH1 12:32 · OET CH1 17:18 · OET CH1 21:12 · OET CH1 21:17

CH2: OET CH2 1:7 · OET CH2 7:21 · OET CH2 10:9 · OET CH2 10:16 · OET CH2 18:15 · OET CH2 18:20 · OET CH2 19:6 · OET CH2 20:12 · OET CH2 25:9 · OET CH2 30:3 · OET CH2 32:10 · OET CH2 32:13 · OET CH2 35:21

EZR: OET EZR 4:22 · OET EZR 6:8–9 · OET EZR 7:18 · OET EZR 7:23 · OET EZR 9:10

NEH: OET NEH 2:4 · OET NEH 2:12 · OET NEH 2:16 · OET NEH 2:19 · OET NEH 4:2 · OET NEH 13:17

EST: OET EST 1:15 · OET EST 2:11 · OET EST 4:5 · OET EST 5:3 · OET EST 5:6 · OET EST 6:3 · OET EST 6:6 · OET EST 7:2 · OET EST 8:1 · OET EST 9:12 · OET EST 9:26

JOB: OET JOB 3:12 · OET JOB 6:11 · OET JOB 6:24–25 · OET JOB 7:17 · OET JOB 7:19–21 · OET JOB 9:2 · OET JOB 9:12 · OET JOB 10:2 · OET JOB 11:8 · OET JOB 13:13–14 · OET JOB 13:23 · OET JOB 15:9 · OET JOB 15:12 · OET JOB 15:14 · OET JOB 16:3 · OET JOB 16:6 · OET JOB 19:28 · OET JOB 21:15 · OET JOB 21:17 · OET JOB 21:21 · OET JOB 22:13 · OET JOB 22:17 · OET JOB 23:5 · OET JOB 25:4 · OET JOB 26:2–3 · OET JOB 26:7 · OET JOB 26:14 · OET JOB 27:8 · OET JOB 31:1–2 · OET JOB 31:14 · OET JOB 34:4 · OET JOB 34:33 · OET JOB 35:3 · OET JOB 35:6–7 · OET JOB 37:19 · OET JOB 38:6 · OET JOB 40:4

PSA: OET PSA 3:1 · OET PSA 4:2 · OET PSA 8:1 · OET PSA 8:4 · OET PSA 8:9 · OET PSA 10:13 · OET PSA 11:3 · OET PSA 21:1 · OET PSA 30:9 · OET PSA 31:19 · OET PSA 35:17 · OET PSA 36:7 · OET PSA 39:4 · OET PSA 39:7 · OET PSA 42:5 · OET PSA 42:11 · OET PSA 43:5 · OET PSA 50:16 · OET PSA 52:1 · OET PSA 56:4 · OET PSA 56:11 · OET PSA 66:3 · OET PSA 74:9 · OET PSA 78:40 · OET PSA 79:5 · OET PSA 84:1 · OET PSA 85:8 · OET PSA 89:46–47 · OET PSA 92:5 · OET PSA 104:24 · OET PSA 114:5 · OET PSA 116:12 · OET PSA 118:6 · OET PSA 119:9 · OET PSA 119:84 · OET PSA 119:97 · OET PSA 119:103 · OET PSA 120:3 · OET PSA 133:1 · OET PSA 139:17 · OET PSA 144:3

PRO: OET PRO 4:19 · OET PRO 9:13 · OET PRO 15:23 · OET PRO 16:16 · OET PRO 20:24 · OET PRO 25:8 · OET PRO 27:1 · OET PRO 30:4 · OET PRO 30:13 · OET PRO 31:2

ECC: OET ECC 1:3 · OET ECC 1:9 · OET ECC 2:2 · OET ECC 2:12 · OET ECC 2:22 · OET ECC 3:9 · OET ECC 3:15 · OET ECC 3:22 · OET ECC 5:11 · OET ECC 5:16 · OET ECC 6:8 · OET ECC 6:10–12 · OET ECC 7:10 · OET ECC 7:24 · OET ECC 8:4 · OET ECC 8:7 · OET ECC 10:14 · OET ECC 11:2 · OET ECC 11:5

SNG: OET SNG 4:10 · OET SNG 5:8–9 · OET SNG 6:13 · OET SNG 7:1 · OET SNG 7:6 · OET SNG 8:4 · OET SNG 8:8

ISA: OET ISA 1:5 · OET ISA 2:22 · OET ISA 3:15 · OET ISA 5:4 · OET ISA 10:3 · OET ISA 14:32 · OET ISA 19:12 · OET ISA 21:11 · OET ISA 22:1 · OET ISA 22:16 · OET ISA 36:4 · OET ISA 38:15 · OET ISA 38:22 · OET ISA 39:3–4 · OET ISA 40:6 · OET ISA 40:18 · OET ISA 41:22 · OET ISA 45:9–10 · OET ISA 52:5 · OET ISA 52:7

JER: OET JER 1:11 · OET JER 1:13 · OET JER 2:5 · OET JER 2:18 · OET JER 2:23 · OET JER 2:33 · OET JER 2:36 · OET JER 4:30 · OET JER 5:15 · OET JER 5:19 · OET JER 5:31 · OET JER 7:17 · OET JER 8:6 · OET JER 8:9 · OET JER 8:14 · OET JER 9:12 · OET JER 11:15 · OET JER 13:21 · OET JER 16:10 · OET JER 22:8 · OET JER 22:23 · OET JER 23:28 · OET JER 23:33 · OET JER 23:35 · OET JER 23:37 · OET JER 24:3 · OET JER 30:15 · OET JER 33:24 · OET JER 37:18 · OET JER 38:25 · OET JER 48:19 · OET JER 49:4

LAM: OET LAM 2:13 · OET LAM 3:39 · OET LAM 5:1

EZE: OET EZE 8:6 · OET EZE 12:9 · OET EZE 12:22 · OET EZE 15:2 · OET EZE 16:30 · OET EZE 17:12 · OET EZE 18:2 · OET EZE 19:2 · OET EZE 20:29 · OET EZE 21:7 · OET EZE 21:13 · OET EZE 24:19 · OET EZE 33:30 · OET EZE 37:18

DAN: OET DAN 2:15 · OET DAN 2:22 · OET DAN 2:28–29 · OET DAN 2:45 · OET DAN 4:3 · OET DAN 4:35 · OET DAN 12:8

HOS: OET HOS 6:4 · OET HOS 9:5 · OET HOS 9:14 · OET HOS 10:3 · OET HOS 14:8

JOL: OET JOL 1:18 · OET JOL 3:4

AMO: OET AMO 4:13 · OET AMO 7:8 · OET AMO 8:2

JNA: OET JNA 1:6 · OET JNA 1:8 · OET JNA 1:10–11 · OET JNA 4:5

MIC: OET MIC 6:3 · OET MIC 6:5–6 · OET MIC 6:8

NAH: OET NAH 1:9

HAB: OET HAB 2:1 · OET HAB 2:18

HAG: OET HAG 1:9 · OET HAG 2:3

ZEC: OET ZEC 1:9 · OET ZEC 1:19 · OET ZEC 1:21 · OET ZEC 2:2 · OET ZEC 4:2 · OET ZEC 4:4–5 · OET ZEC 4:11–13 · OET ZEC 5:2 · OET ZEC 5:5–6 · OET ZEC 6:4 · OET ZEC 7:3 · OET ZEC 9:17 · OET ZEC 13:6

MAL: OET MAL 1:2 · OET MAL 1:6–7 · OET MAL 1:13 · OET MAL 2:14–15 · OET MAL 2:17 · OET MAL 3:7–8 · OET MAL 3:13–14

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מָה

Form 1

Sense 1: what?