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Genesis 4:6

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 said ויאמר

H3068 And the LORD יהוה

H413 unto אל

H7014 Cain קין

H4100 Why למה

H2734 art thou wroth חרה

H4100 and why לך ולמה

H5307 fallen נפלו

H6440 is thy countenance פניך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

the

H3068 LORD

H559 said

H413 unto

H7014 Cain

H4100 Why

art

thou

H2734 wroth

and

H4100 why

thy

H6440 countenance

H5307 fallen

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