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Jeremiah 22:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3427 O inhabitant ישׁבתי

H3844 of Lebanon בלבנון

H7077 that makest thy nest מקננתי

H730 in the cedars בארזים

H4100 how מה

H2603 gracious נחנת

H935 come בבא

H2256 shalt thou be when pangs לך חבלים

H2427 upon thee the pain חיל

H3205 as of a woman in travail כילדה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3427 inhabitant

H3844 Lebanon

that

makest

thy

H7077 nest

the

H730 cedars

H4100 how

H2603 gracious

shalt

thou

when

H2256 pangs

H935 come

upon

thee

the

H2427 pain

woman

H3205 travail

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H4100

Hebrew: מָה

Transliteration: mâh

Pronunciation: maw

Bible Usage: how ({long} {oft} {[-soever]}) [no-] {thing} what ({end} {good} {purpose} {thing}) whereby ({-fore} {-in} {-to} {-with}) (for) why.

Definition:

properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses

interr pron

1. what, how, of what kind

a. (interrogative)

1. what?

2. of what kind

3. what? (rhetorical)

4. whatsoever, whatever, what

b. (adverb)

1. how, how now

2. why

3. how! (exclamation)

c. (with prep)

1. wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?

2. because of what?

3. the like of what? 1c

d. how much?, how many?, how often? 1c

e. for how long?

1. for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?

2. until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron

2. anything, aught, what may

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906