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Zechariah 4:12

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Masoretic Text 1524

H6030 And I answered ואען

H8145 again שׁנית

H559 and said ואמר

H413 unto אליו

H4100 him What מה

H8147 be these two שׁתי

H7641 branches שׁבלי

H2132 olive הזיתים

H834 which אשׁר

H3027 through ביד

H8147 the two שׁני

H6804 pipes צנתרות

H2091 golden הזהב

H7324 empty המריקים

H5921 מעליהם

H2091 the golden הזהב׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H6030 answered

H8145 again

and

H559 said

H413 unto

him

H4100 What

these

H8147 two

H2132 olive

H7641 branches

H834 which

H3027 through

the

H8147 two

H2091 golden

H6804 pipes

H7324 empty

the

H2091 golden

oil

out

H4480 of

themselves

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