Numbers 23:8:1Num.23.8.W1TAB
מָ֣ה
mah
“How”
- Transliteration
- MAH
- Extended
- MAH
- IPA
- /ˈma/
Meaning by language
- English
- How
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
MAH
- phraseyour reading level
MAH e-KOV
- clause
MAH e-KOV LO ka-VO EL
- sentence
MAH e-KOV LO ka-VO EL u-MAH ez-OM LO za-AM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse employs mah {מָה | mā} ‘what/how’ to introduce a pair of parallel rhetorical questions.
Root and etymology
z-ʿ-mzayin-ayin-mem
“to be indignant or denounce”
In context — Numbers 23:8
How can I curse those whom God has not cursed ? Or how can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:8, so the Hebrew word מָ֣ה (mah) 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 Num.23.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.8.W1.S1) and character.