מָה
Meanings
Pronoun
1. what (interrogrative)
2. what (indirect interrogrative)
3. that which, the thing that (fused relative)
4. that (followed by שֶׁ־) (demonstrative)
5. what, which (determiner, archaic)
Pronunciation
ma
Examples6786
אֲנִי לֹא יָכֹל לְהַגִּיד אֵת מָה שֶׁאֲנִי בֶּאֱמֶת מַרְגִּישׁ.
I can't tell what I really feel.
הוּא יַגִּיד לָךְ מָה־יִהְיֶה לנַעַר׃
...he will tell you what will happen to the boy.
מנסה לְהִזָּכֵר מָה אָמַרְתִּי שֶׁגָּרַם לתְּגוּבוֹת כאלה.
I am trying to remember what I said that caused such reactions.
מָה אַתָּה שׁוֹאֵל?
What are you asking?
וְהָיָה כִּי־יֹאמְרוּ אֲלֵיכֶם בְּנֵיכֶם מָה הָעֲבֹדָה הַזֹּאת לָכֶם׃
When your children will ask you, "What is the purpose of this rite?"
וַיֹּאמֶר מָה עָשִׂיתָ קוֹל דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ צֹעֲקִים אֵלַי מִן־הָאֲדָמָה׃
And he [Hashem] said, "What have you done?! Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!"