Hebrew characters)Hebrew characters)dream which thou hast dreamt? 44:15 Jos 22:16
Ju 8:1 15:11 20:12 1 S 29:3}}
(Hebrew characters)
1 K 9
מה הערים האלה אשר נתתה לי,
2 K 9
2 K 18
d. (Hebrew characters) is often used in questions to which the
answer little, or nothing, is expected, and it thus
becomes equivalent to a rhetorical negative
(cf. (Hebrew characters) b, 2 K 9:22}} f c ): (a) Gn 23:15 land worth 400
shekels . . . , (Hebrew characters) what is it? (i.e. it is something quite insignificant),
Gn 27:37 Ju 8:3}}
(Hebrew characters)
14:18, Ho 9:5 10:3 Ps 30:10 56:5 Jb 15:9 16:6
21:21 22:13.17 La 2:13 Ct 5:9 (Hebrew characters) what is thy
beloved (more) than a(nother) beloved? {{hebrw missing
1 K 12:16 (Hebrew characters) ( 2 S 20:1
(Hebrew characters)), Jb 16:6. (b) sq. (Hebrew characters) ((Hebrew characters) 1 f),
Gn 20:9 37:26 (Hebrew characters) what profit (is it)
that we should slay him? Ex 16:7 Nu 16:11
Hb 2:18 2 K 8:13 what is thy servant, the dog,
that he should do, etc.? and often in poetry, as
Ps 8:5 (Hebrew characters) what is man that thou
rememberest him? Jb 6:11 (Hebrew characters) v:11 b
7:I7 15:12f.14 16:3 21:15 + (cf. (Hebrew characters)). Hence, (c) in
the formula of repudiation, or emphatic denial,
((Hebrew characters)) (Hebrew characters) what is there (common) to me
and to thee? i.e. what have I to do with thee ?
† Ju 11:12 2 S 16:10 (Hebrew characters), 19:23 1 K 17:18
K 3:13 2 Ch 35:21 ; cf. Jos 22:24 M 2 K 9:18.19; rather
differently, without (Hebrew characters), †Je 2:18 (Hebrew characters) what
is there to thee with reference to the way to
Egypt? Ho 14:9 (Hebrew characters), cf. Ps 50:16 ((Hebrew characters));
with (Hebrew characters) † Je 23:28 (Hebrew characters) beside (or in comparison with) the wheat ? cf. (Greek characters) ((Greek characters)); Mt 8:29 Mk 5:7 Jn2:4 ; and Ar. (Arabic characters)
e. =whatsoever (cf. (Hebrew characters) g) : (a) Ju 9:48 (Hebrew characters), lit. what do you
see (that) I have done ? hasten, and do like me
(= whatever ye see, etc.), 2 S 21:4 (Hebrew characters), Jb 6:24; with the apod, introd. by (Hebrew characters),
1 S 20:4 (Hebrew characters); Est 5:3 (Hebrew characters)
v:6 7:2 9:12 ; hence in the late
and strange idiom of Ch., it sinks twice almost
to the rel. what, 1 Ch 15:13 (Hebrew characters)
because ye were not (employed) for what was
at first (on the former occasion), J. etc., 2 Ch
30:3 (Hebrew characters) acc. to what was sufficient ( = in sufficient numbers), cf. Est 9:26 . (b) (Hebrew characters) (late :
frequently in Mishn., etc.), whatever, what (cf.
(Hebrew characters) 'g end) : † Ec 1:9 (Hebrew characters).
lit. what is that which hath been ? it is that
which shall be ( = whatever hath been, it is
that which shall be), v:9 3:15.22 6:10 7:24 8:7 10:14.
2. Used adverbially :
a. as an interrogative: (a) how ? especially in expressing
what is regarded as an impossibility, Gn 44:16
(Hebrew characters) how shall we justify ourselves?
Nu 23 8:8 1 S 10:27 (Hebrew characters), 2 K 4:43 Jb 9:2
25:4.4 31:1 I made a covenant with my eyes,
(Hebrew characters) and how should I look upon
a maid? (G (Greek characters), V non), Pr 20:24 (Hebrew characters); in an indirect question, Ex 10:26 Ps:39:5
(Hebrew characters) how, now? (in sur-
prise), Gn 27:20 (Hebrew characters), Ju 18:24
1 K 21:5 2 K 1:5. (b) why? Ex 14:15 (Hebrew characters),
17:2.2 2K6:33 7:3 Ps:42:6 (Hebrew characters), Jb
15:12 +; Ct 8:4 I adjure you (Hebrew characters),
why will ye stir up, etc.? (i.e. do not: (Hebrew characters)
2:7 3:5). The transition from the interrog. to
the neg., to which in Heb. there is an approx.
(v. supr.: esp. 1 K 12:16 Jb 31:1 Ct 8:4 ), is in
Ar. complete, (Arabic characters) being there used constantly in
the sense of not (cf. WalkerHbr.xii.244 ff; Köiii. 478).
b. as an exclam., how ...! with adjectives and
verbs, Gn 28:17 (Hebrew characters) how dreadful
is this place! 38:29 Nu 24:5 (Hebrew characters),
Is 52:7 Ps 3:2 (Hebrew characters), 8:2 (Hebrew characters), 21:2 36:8 , etc.,
Ct 4:10.10 7:2; ironically, 2 S 6:20 Je 2:33.36 Jb 26:2.3.
3. Indef. pron. anything, aught, Nu 23:3
(Hebrew characters) and he will shew me
the matter of aught, and I will tell thee (=if
he shew me ... I will, etc., Dr§ 149 ), 1 S 19:3
(Hebrew characters) = and if I see aught, I will,
etc., 20:10 (Hebrew characters) if perchance thy
father shall answer thee aught that is harsh
(order, 1 a a), 2 S 18:22 (Hebrew characters) but let
there happen what may (lit. aught), I will run,
v:23 (cf. Jb 13:13 (Hebrew characters)), v:29 (Hebrew characters)
(cf. Pr 9:13 ), Pr 25 :8. Cf. Kö iii.§ 65}}
4. With preps.: a. (Hebrew characters)9,
(Hebrew characters)19 wherein?
Ex 22:26 Ju 16:5 1 S 14:38 (indirect question; We
(Hebrew characters); and so acc. to the various senses of (Hebrew characters) :
whereby? Gn 15:8 Ex 33:16 Mal 1:2.6.7 2:17 3:7-8; ; wherewith? 1 S 6:2 2 S 21:3 Mi 6:6; by what means?
Ju 16:5 (Hebrew characters); at what (worth) ? Is 2:22;
for what? 2 Ch 7:21 (∥ 1 K 9:8 (Hebrew characters)). b. (Hebrew characters)
† Hg 1:9 because of what? †c. (Hebrew characters), prop.
the like of what ? (Ar. (Arabic characters), Syr. (language characters)) ; hence
(a) how much? how many? (Hebrew characters) Gn 47:8 S1 9:35 Ps 119:84 Jb 13:23; (Hebrew characters) 1 K 22:16 (=2 Ch 18:15 ); (Hebrew characters) how often? Zc 21:17 (i.e.
how seldom!); in an indirect question, how much ? Zc 2:6.6 . As an exclamation, Zc 7:3 as
