BDB9652
מָה (מָא Ezra 6:8) pronoun interrogative and indefinite what? (Biblical Hebrew מָה ; Nabataean מה; Zinjirli מ; ᵑ7 מא; Syriac [untranscribed source text 6068]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 6069]: compare WCG 124 f.); —
1.
what ?
Dan 4:32
מה עבדת.
2.
whatever, what (compare Biblical Hebrew 1.b. end) Dan 2:22
ידע מח בחשׁוכא knoweth what is in darkness, Ezra 6:9: so מָה
דִּי (compare דִּי
1 b: so Nabataean; Palmyrene מא די, מדי, Lzb306
Cooke320, 332) Dan 2:28; Dan 2:29
(twice in verse); Dan 2:45; Ezra 6:8
למא די תעבדון with regard to what ye shall do, Ezra
7:18 (= whatsoever).
3. with prefixes:
a.
כְּמָה
how!
Dan 3:33
(twice in
verse).
b.
לְמָה
why? (compare Biblical Hebrew לָמָּה) Ezra 4:22 be not slack herein:
why
should damage grow, etc., virtually = lest damage grow (
ᵐ5
μή ποτε),
Ezra 7:23
די למה להוא קצף
for why should there be wrath ? = lest [
ᵐ5
μή ποτε] there be wrath (compare
ᵑ7
דִּילְמָא, Syriac
[untranscribed source text 6070]
lest: and see
מָה
4
d
b, p. 554:a).
c.
עלמֿה
wherefore? Dan 2:15.