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

Senesi

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

Nomipā

23:8

Siosiua

7:25

Fakamaau

6:15, 8:1

1 Samuela

14:38, 19:3

2 Samuela

1:4, 18:22

Siope

7:19, 30:2

Saame

78:40

Hiva ʻa Solomone

1:7

ʻIsaia

1:11

Selemaia

5:19

Tangilāulau

2:13

ʻAmosi

5:18

Sakalaia

2:2

Malakai

2:14