Bavli / Jewish Babylonian Aramaic · The Questions of the Sugya

מאי

JBA-011Jewish Babylonian AramaicBavli and JBA discourse

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

מַאי

Pedagogical transliterationmai

Plain meaningwhat? / what does this mean?

Any vocalization or pronunciation shown here is pedagogical unless the cited source itself is pointed.

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

מאי

מאי is one of the most frequent question words in the Bavli. It may ask “what?” directly or open a request to explain the meaning, basis, or implication of a statement. When you see it, the Gemara is usually asking you to clarify something.

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מַאי

ORIGINAL

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mai

READING

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what? / what does this mean?

MEANING

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

REMEMBER

מאי

מאי signals a question asking “what?” or “what is meant?”