Grow With Me
Grow With Me

מָא

ma · what, how much

Aramaic word · Strong’s number H3964 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

ma (מָא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “what, how much”.

"What," "how much": a particle that goes with another word to ask a question ("how many times...?").

How to say it

ma

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. An Aramaic word for asking «what» or saying «that which».

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • 1 Kings 22:21

    Then the spirit came forward and stood before YHWH and said, ‘I will entice him.’ YHWH said to him, ‘With what?’

  • Ezra 6:8

    And by me an order is given concerning what you shall do with these elders of the Jews for the building of that house of Elah: from the goods of the king, which are from the tribute of the other side of the river, with diligence let the cost be paid to these men, so that there be no stoppage.