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Ezra 6:9
“And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4101 · Aramaic
- Definition
- {properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what}
- Derivation
- (Aramaic) corresponding to H4100 (מָה)
- KJV renderings
- how great (mighty), that which, what(-soever), why.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מָ֣ה — indefinite pronoun, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 13 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:22Ezra 7:18Ezra 7:23Daniel 2:15Daniel 2:22
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.
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.