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Exodus 33:16

“For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מָהmâh · maw
H4100 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
Derivation: or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;
KJV renderings: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
בַ — preposition
מֶּ֣ה — particle (interrogative)
Code HC/R/Ti
Usage: Occurs 750 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:19 Genesis 3:13 Genesis 4:6 Genesis 4:6 Genesis 4:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָה here.

Verse 15 Verse 17

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.