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2 Samuel 16:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 said ויאמר

H53 And Absalom אבשׁלום

H413 to אל

H2365 Hushai חושׁי

H2088 Is this זה

H2617 thy kindness חסדך

H854 with את

H7453 thy friend רעך

H4100 why למה

H3808 thou not לא

H1980 wentest הלכת

H854 את

H7453 thy friend רעך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H53 Absalom

H559 said

H413 to

H2365 Hushai

H2088 this

thy

H2617 kindness

H413 to

thy

H7453 friend

H4100 why

H1980 wentest

thou

H3808 not

H854 with

thy

H7453 friend

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