The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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מָה מָא‏ pron. what?

what? Com. Dan4:32 : וְלָא אִיתַי דִּי־יְמַחֵא בִידֵהּ וְיֵאמַר לֵהּ מָה עֲבַדְתּ‏ there is no one who will strike with his hand and say "what did you do?". 4QEnGiants^a03.4 : ומה תתנונ֗ני‏ . TgO Gen3:13 : מָא דָא עֲבַדת‏ . + l_ : what is the matter with? Com. TgO Gen21:17 : מָא לִיך הָגָר‏ what is the matter, Hagar?. בְמָא‏ : how? JLAtg, CPA. TgJ Mal3:8 : בְמָא אַרגֵיזנָא קֳדָמָך‏ how have we angered You?.

(usually) with following adj.: how! JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA. TgO Gen28:17 : מָא דְחִילוּ אַתרָא הָדֵין‏ . GT U Exod15:6 : מַה אַדִּירא הִיא בְּחַילָא יַמִּינָךְ‏ . PJ Ex15:6 : ימינך ייי מה משבחא היא‏ how praiseworthy is Your right hand, Lord.

what, that which (indef./rel. pron.) Com. Ezra6:9 : וּמָה חַשְׁחָן ٠٠٠ לֶהֱוֵא מִתְיְהֵב לְהֹם‏ whatever the needs are should be given to them. w. kl : see s.v. klmh pron. Com.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 292b; DJBA: 643b; Jastrow: 736; Levy Ch-W: 2:1; Tal Sam: 453a; DNWSI: 599; DJA: 61b; Cook,Qumran: 134;

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Derivatives:

hykmh (hēḵmā) conj./prep as, just as

klwm (klūm) pron. something

kl mh, klmh pron. whatever, everything

kmh (kəmā, kammā) adv. how much

ˁl ˀḥt kmh wkmh adv. how much more so

ˁl ḥd kmh wkmh adv. how much more so

lmˀ (lāmā) n.m. nothingness

mˀy (may) pron. what

mdyn (māḏēn) conj./adv. therefore

mdˁm, mdm, mydy (mendˁam/meddem/meddē) pron. something

klmdm, kl mdˁm (kulmeddem, kul meddɘˁam) pron. everything

šwm mydˁm pron. nothing

mh, mh d_, mdy conj. what

mh ˀm, mh ˀn conj. perhaps

mh dyl_ n.m. property of ...

mh dlmh adv. perhaps

mlwˀ conj. if only, would that

mn, mnˀ (mān, mānā) pron. #2 what?

ˁdmˀ (ˁăḏammā) prep. until

ˁl mˀ, ˁl mnˀ, ˀmˀy conj. why?