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H4100
לָמָה
lamah
Pronunciation: maw
Definition
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
KJV Renderings
how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Word Analysis
Adverb EN: why ES: por qué
Etymology: or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;
Appears in 14 verses (Hebroni)