Deuteronomy 6:20:5Deut.6.20.W5PAT
מָ֣ה
mah
“what”
- Transliteration
- MAH
- Extended
- MAAH
- IPA
- /maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
- French
- quoi
- Spanish
- qué
- Portuguese
- o que
- German
- was
- Russian
- что
- Arabic-Simplified
- ماذا
- Hindi
- क्या
- Chinese-Simplified
- 什么
- Korean
- 무엇
- Indonesian
- apa
- Bengali
- কি
- Tagalog
- ano
- Swahili
- nini
- Amharic
- ምን
- Yoruba
- kí
- Igbo
- gịnị
- Twi
- dɛn
- Ewe
- nu ka
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
MAH
- phraseyour reading level
MAH hah-eh-DOT veh-hah-khu-KEEM
- clause
MAH hah-eh-DOT veh-hah-khu-KEEM veh-hah-mish-pa-TEEM ah-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-noo o-TA-nu
- sentence
ki-yish-AL-kha bin-KHA ma-KHAR leh-MOR MAH hah-eh-DOT veh-hah-khu-KEEM veh-hah-mish-pa-TEEM ah-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-noo o-TA-nu
In context — Deuteronomy 6:20
your son when asks you in time to come saying what the testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances which commanded LORD our God us
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 6:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 6:20, 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 Deut.6.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.6.20.W5.S1) and character.