Strong’s definition
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
KJV gloss list in the source
how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Source pronunciation notation: maw
Derivation recorded by Strong
or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;
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