Isaiah 39:4:2Isa.39.4.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-I-tim be-o-tse-ro-TAI
Exegesis
The interrogative mah {מָה | māh} ‘what’ precedes the perfect verb ra’u {רָאוּ | rāʾû} ‘they saw’ governing the locative beveitekha {בְּבֵיתֶךָ | bə•bêṯ•kā} ‘in your house’.
In context — Isaiah 39:4
And he said, “What have they looked at in your house?” And Hezekiah said, “They saw everything that is in my house; I showed them all of it—there was nothing in my treasuries that I did not show them.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 39:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 39:4, 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 Isa.39.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.39.4.W2.S1) and character.