2 Samuel 21:3:42 Sam.21.3.W4TAB
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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Word in context
- word
MA
- phraseyour reading level
MA e-e-SE
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-giv-o-NIM MA e-e-SE la-KHEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-giv-o-NIM MA e-e-SE la-KHEM u-va-MA a-kap-PER u-va-re-KHU et-na-kha-LAT Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The dual interrogative structure — mah {מָה | māh} ‘what?’
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–mem–heh
“to plan or purpose”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:3
And David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you, and with what shall I make atonement so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 21:3, 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 Sam.21.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.3.W4.S1) and character.