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Proverbs 17:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4100 Wherefore למה
H2088   זה
H4242 is there a price מחיר
H3027 in the hand ביד
H3684 of a fool כסיל
H7069 to get לקנות
H2451 wisdom חכמה
H3820 heart ולב
H369 seeing he hath no אין׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4100 Wherefore
  is
  there
  a
H4242 price
  in
  the
H3027 hand
  of
  a
H3684 fool
  to
H2451 wisdom
  seeing
  he
  hath
H3820 heart
  to
  it

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
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.