Daniel 2:22:6Dan.2.22.W6TAB

מָ֣ה

ma

what

Transliteration
MA
Extended
MAA
IPA
/ˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
what

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    MA va-kha-sho-KHA

  3. clause

    ya-DA MA va-kha-sho-KHA ve-ne-hi-RA u-ne-ho-RA i-ME she-RE

  4. sentence

    HU ga-LE a-mi-ka-TA u-me-sa-te-ra-TA ya-DA MA va-kha-sho-KHA ve-ne-hi-RA u-ne-ho-RA i-ME she-RE

Exegesis

The perfect yāḏaʿ {יָדַע | yāḏaʿ} ‘knows’ introduces the interrogative clause with mā {מָה | mā} ‘what.’

Root and etymology

ḥ-ts-phet–tsade–pe

to be urgent, insolent

In contextDaniel 2:22

He reveals deep things and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him.

About this coordinate

Daniel 2:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 2:22, so the Hebrew word מָ֣ה (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 Dan.2.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.22.W6.S1) and character.