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Download JSON data for מה meaning in Hebrew (3.4kB)
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "az ma",
"word": "אָז מָה"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "éin beád má",
"word": "אֵין בְּעַד מָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "for what, why",
"roman": "lama",
"word": "למה"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "mishúm ma",
"word": "מִשּׁוּם מָה"
}
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"english": "What does it mean? [literally What is this saying?]",
"roman": "ma zot oméret?",
"text": "מה זאת אומרת?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What [are] you asking?",
"roman": "ma atá sho'el?",
"text": "מה אתה שואל?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "How are you? [literally What [is] being heard?]",
"roman": "ma nishmá?",
"text": "מה נשמע?",
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"roman": "az ma",
"word": "אָז מָה"
},
{
"roman": "éin beád má",
"word": "אֵין בְּעַד מָה"
},
{
"english": "for what, why",
"roman": "lama",
"word": "למה"
},
{
"roman": "mishúm ma",
"word": "מִשּׁוּם מָה"
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"roman": "ma zot oméret?",
"text": "מה זאת אומרת?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What [are] you asking?",
"roman": "ma atá sho'el?",
"text": "מה אתה שואל?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "How are you? [literally What [is] being heard?]",
"roman": "ma nishmá?",
"text": "מה נשמע?",
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}
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"what"
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"which"
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"word": "מה"
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"Response that confirms that the speaker is paying attention (usually said unhappily)."
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"word": "מה"
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