Judges 18:8:8Judg.18.8.W8TAB
מָ֥ה
ma
“what”
- Transliteration
- MA
- Extended
- MAA
- IPA
- /maː/
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 a-TEM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM a-khe-HEM MA a-TEM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-a-khe-HEM tsar-e-A ve-esh-ta-OL va-yo-me-RU la-HEM a-khe-HEM MA a-TEM
Exegesis
The interrogation māh ʾat-tem {מָה אַתֶּם | māh ʾat-tem} ‘what you’ omits the verb and relies on context to complete the question. The sequence of vav-consecutives and prepositional-construct marking directs focus from movement to dialogue.
Root and etymology
m-h
“what”
In context — Judges 18:8
And they came to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, “What do you bring?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:8:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 18:8, 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 Judg.18.8.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.8.W8.S1) and character.