Original Language Studio
Ezra 7:18
“And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָהmâh · maw
H4101 · Aramaic
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 6:9Ezra 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.