Zechariah 13:6:3Zech.13.6.W3TAB
מָ֧ה
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 ha-mak-KOT
- clause
ve-a-MAR e-LAV MA ha-mak-KOT ha-E-le BEN ya-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-MAR e-LAV MA ha-mak-KOT ha-E-le BEN ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR a-SHER hu-KE-ti BET me-a-ha-VAI
Exegesis
The interrogative mah {מָ֧ה | māh} governs ha-makkot {הַמַּכּ֛וֹת | ham-maqqōt} modified by the demonstrative ha-'elleh {הָאֵ֖לֶּה | hāʾēlleh}, with the locative phrase bein yadekha {בֵּ֣ין יָדֶ֑יךָ | bēn ya-ḏe-ḵā} specifying where.
Root and etymology
א־ד־מ
“ground, soil”
In context — Zechariah 13:6
And he shall say to him, “What are these wounds between your hands?” Then he will answer, “Those with which I was struck in the house of my friends .”
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Zechariah 13:6, so the Hebrew word מָ֧ה (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 Zech.13.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.6.W3.S1) and character.