מָה

Derivation

or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Translated as

what (6), how (4), wherefore (2), why (2), whereby (1), good (1), wherewith (1), thou (1), wherein (1), howsoever (1), long (1), whereto (1), for (1), thing (1), end (1)

Where it appears

Found in 26 verses

Genesis

4:10, 15:8, 18:13, 20:10, 27:45, 27:46, 33:15, 47:8

Numbers

23:8

Joshua

7:25

Judges

6:15, 8:1

1 Samuel

14:38, 19:3

2 Samuel

1:4, 18:22

Job

7:19, 30:2

Psalms

78:40

Song of Solomon

1:7

Isaiah

1:11

Jeremiah

5:19

Lamentations

2:13

Amos

5:18

Zechariah

2:2

Malachi

2:14