מָה הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה
Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when? ); but also exclamation, what! (including how! ), or indefinitely what (including whatever , and even relatively, that which ); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses · a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause · the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
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מָה H4100 properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when? ); but also exclamation, what! (including how! ), or indefinitely what (including whatever , and even relatively, that which ); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
דָּבָר H1697 a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause
זֶה H2088 the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
What does מָה הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה (mah haddavar hazzeh) mean in the Bible?
מָה · דָּבָר · זֶה is a Hebrew word meaning "properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when? ); but also exclamation, what! (including how! ), or indefinitely what (including whatever , and even relatively, that which ); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses". properly, interrogative what?
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