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Jeremiah 6:20

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4100 To what למה

H2088 purpose זה

H3828 there to me incense לי לבונה

H7614 משׁבא

H935 cometh תבוא

H7070 cane וקנה

H2896 and the sweet הטוב

H776 מארץ

H4801 from a far מרחק

H5930 your burnt offerings עלותיכם

H3808 are not לא

H7522 acceptable לרצון

H2077 your sacrifices וזבחיכם

H3808 nor לא

H6149 ערבו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4100 what

H2088 purpose

H935 cometh

there

H3828 incense

from

H4480 Sheba

and

the

H2896 sweet

H7070 cane

from

H4801 far

H4480 country

your

burnt

H5930 offerings

are

H3808 not

H7522 acceptable

H3808 nor

your

H2077 sacrifices

H2896 sweet

unto

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