hebrew #3964 - מָא ma (what )

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

(Aramaic) corresponding to mah; (as indef.) That -- + what.

see HEBREW mah

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

indefinitewhat? (Biblical Hebrew מָה; Nabataean מה; Zinjirli מ; ᵑ7מא; Syriac ; Arabic : compare W^{CG 124 f.}); —

1what ? Daniel 4:32מה עבדת.

2whatever, what (compare Biblical Hebrew 1b end) Daniel 2:22ידע מח בחשׁוכא knoweth what is in darkness, Ezra 6:9: so מָה דִּי (compare דִּי1b: so Nabataean; Palmyrene מא די, מדי, Lzb³⁰⁶ Cooke^{320, 332}) Daniel 2:28,29 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:45; Ezra 6:8למא די תעבדון with regard to what ye shall do, Ezra 7:18 (=whatsoever).

3with prefixes:

a.כְּמָהhow!Daniel 3:33 (twice in verse).

b.לְמָהwhy? (compare Biblical Hebrew לָמָּה) Ezra 4:22 be not slack herein: why should damage grow, etc., virtually=lest damage grow (ᵐ5μή ποτε), Ezra 7:23די למה להוא קצףfor why should there be wrath ?=lest [ᵐ5μή ποτε] there be wrath (compare ᵑ7דִּילְמָא, Syriac lest: and see מָה

4db, p. 554:a).

c.עלמֿהwherefore? Daniel 2:15.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3964. מָא (ma) — 2 Occurrences

1 Kings 22:21
HEB:יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו בַּמָּֽה׃
INT: the LORD about what

Ezra 6:8
HEB:שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ לְמָ֣א דִֽי־ תַֽעַבְד֗וּן
KJV: make a decree what ye shall do to
INT: issue A decree what of do