Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #357240

Aramaic

OSHB Dan 2:28 מָה (māh) Strongs=4101 Lemma=‘מָה’
contextual word gloss=‘what’ word gloss=‘what’
Aramaic Morphology=Pfxbs PoS=indefinite_pronoun Person=(unknown) Gender=both Number=singular
Year=-603 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Daniel

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Other uses (4) of identical word form מָה (Aramaic Morphology=Pfxbs PoS=indefinite_pronoun Person=(unknown) Gender=both Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מָה’ (Aramaic Morphology=Pfxbs PoS=indefinite_pronoun Person=(unknown) Gender=both Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘what’, ‘what?’.

DAN 2:22 contextual word gloss=‘what?’ word gloss=‘what’ OSHB DAN 2:22 word 6

OET-LV: 22 He is_revealing the_deep _(things/mysteries) and_the_hidden he_is_knowing what in_the_darkness and_the_light with_him/it is_dwelling. (DAN_2:22)

OET-RV: 22 He reveals the deep and hidden things—he knows what is in the darkness, and the light lives with him. (DAN 2:22)

DAN 2:29 contextual word gloss=‘what’ word gloss=‘what’ OSHB DAN 2:29 word 7

OET-LV: 29 you Oh/the_king your(ms)_thoughts on your(ms)_bed they _came _up what that it _will _be after this and_revealer the_mysteries he/it _informed_you(ms) what that it _will _be. (DAN_2:29)

OET-RV: 29 Oh king, as you lay there your thoughts turned to what would happen in the future, and the one who reveals mysteries showed you what is going to happen. (DAN 2:29)

DAN 2:29 contextual word gloss=‘what’ word gloss=‘what’ OSHB DAN 2:29 word 15

OET-RV: 29 Oh king, as you lay there your thoughts turned to what would happen in the future, and the one who reveals mysteries showed you what is going to happen. (DAN 2:29)

DAN 2:45 contextual word gloss=‘what’ word gloss=‘what’ OSHB DAN 2:45 word 22

OET-LV: 45 As_to because that you _saw that from_(the)_mountain it _was _cut _out a _stone which not was_by_hands and_it _shattered the_iron the_bronze the_clay the_silver and_the_gold god great he _has _made _known to_the_king what that it _will _be after this and_is_certain the_dream and_is_trustworthy its _of_interpretation. (DAN_2:45)

OET-RV: 45 Just as you saw that a stone was supernaturally cut out of the mountain, and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the powerful God has revealed to the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.” (DAN 2:45)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מָה’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘how!’, ‘what’, ‘what?’, ‘whatever’, ‘when?’, ‘why?’.