Genesis 21:29:4Gen.21.29.W4PAT
מָ֣ה
ma
“what”
- Transliteration
- MA
- Extended
- MAA
- IPA
- /ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
- French
- quoi
- Spanish
- qué
- Portuguese
- que
- German
- was
- Russian
- что
- Arabic-Simplified
- ما
- Hindi
- क्या
- Chinese-Simplified
- 什么
- Korean
- 무엇
- Indonesian
- apa
- Bengali
- কী
- Tagalog
- ano
- Swahili
- nini
- Amharic
- ምን
- Yoruba
- kí ni
- Igbo
- gịnị
- Twi
- dɛn
- Ewe
- 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
MA
- phraseyour reading level
MA HE-na
- clause
MA HE-na SHE-va ke-va-SOT ha-EL-leh a-SHER hi-TSAV-ta le-vad-da-NAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh el-av-ra-HAM MA HE-na SHE-va ke-va-SOT ha-EL-leh a-SHER hi-TSAV-ta le-vad-da-NAH
In context — Genesis 21:29
Abimelech said to Abraham what these seven ewe lambs these that you have set by themselves
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:29, so the Hebrew word מָ֣ה (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 Gen.21.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.29.W4.S1) and character.