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Amos 5:18

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1945 Woe הוי

H183 unto you that desire המתאוים

H853 את

H3117 the day יום

H3068 of the LORD יהוה

H4100 to what end למה

H2088 is it זה

H3117 for you the day לכם יום

H3068 of the LORD יהוה

H1931 הוא

H2822 is darkness חשׁך

H3808 and not ולא

H216 light אור׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1945 Woe

unto

you

that

H183 desire

the

H3117 day

the

H3068 LORD

what

H4100 end

H2088 it

for

you

the

H3117 day

the

H3068 LORD

H2822 darkness

and

H3808 not

H216 light

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