2 Kings 20:15:22 Kgs.20.15.W2TAB
מָ֥ה
ma
“what”
- Transliteration
- MA
- Extended
- MAA
- IPA
- /ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MA
- phraseyour reading level
MA ra-U
- clause
va-YO-mer MA ra-U be-VE-te-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer MA ra-U be-VE-te-KHA va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu ET KAL-a-SHER be-VE-ti ra-U lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-hir-E-tiM be-o-tsro-TAI
Exegesis
The interrogative pronoun mah {מָה | māh} ‘what’ heads a verbal clause with the perfect verb ra’u {רָאוּ | rāʾû} ‘they saw’ and the locative construct beveitekha {בְּבֵיתֶךָ | bə-ḇê-ṯe-kha} ‘in your house.’
In context — 2 Kings 20:15
And he said, “What have they looked at in your house?” And Hezekiah replied, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing in my treasures that I did not show them.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 20:15, so the Hebrew word מָ֥ה (ma) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.20.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.15.W2.S1) and character.