Biblical Hebrew · Pronouns and Logic Words

Who? What?

BH-035Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

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מִי · מַה

Transliterationmi · mah

Plain meaningwho? · what?

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Who? What?

מִי normally asks about a person or identity; מַה asks “what?” and appears in many fixed expressions. They are small words with high reading value because they tell you immediately that a question or exclamation may be forming.

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מִי · מַה

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