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Ecclesiastes 7:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H408 not אל

H1961 Be תהי

H6662 righteous צדיק

H7235 over much הרבה

H408 neither ואל

H2449 over wise תתחכם

H3148 יותר

H4100 why למה

H8074 make thyself תשׁומם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1961 Be

H408 not

H6662 righteous

over

H7235 much

H408 neither

make

H8074 thyself

over

H2449 wise

H4100 why

shouldest

thou

destroy

H8074 thyself

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