Genesis 27:37:18Gen.27.37.W18PAT

מָ֥ה

ma

what

Transliteration
MA
Extended
MAA
IPA
/ˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
what
French
que
Spanish
qué
Portuguese
que
German
was
Russian
что
Arabic-Simplified
مَاذَا
Hindi
क्या
Chinese-Simplified
什么
Korean
무엇을
Indonesian
apa
Bengali
কী
Tagalog
ano
Swahili
nini
Amharic
ምን
Yoruba
kini
Igbo
gini
Twi
dɛn
Ewe
nu ka

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    MA e-e-SE

  3. clause

    oo-le-KHA e-FO MA e-e-SE be-NI

  4. sentence

    va-YA-an yi-tse-KHAK va-YO-mer le-e-SAV HEN ge-VIR sa-me-TIV LAKH ve-et-kol-e-KHAV na-TA-ti LO la-a-va-DIM ve-da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH se-ma-khe-TIV oo-le-KHA e-FO MA e-e-SE be-NI

In contextGenesis 27:37

Isaac answered to Esau said behold lord I have set him over you and all his brothers I have given to him as servants with grain and new wine I have sustained him and for you then what shall I do my son

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:37:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 27:37, 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 Gen.27.37.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.37.W18.S1) and character.