מָה (mah) is
a Hebrew interrogative
meaning what? It appears
750 times
in 37 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4100).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1149)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1149)what?, how?, aught; why?, when?, what!, how!, what, whatever, that which; thing, whereby, wherefore, wherein, whereto, wherewith, why
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מָהpronoun, interrogative: what?, how?, aught
1.what?
2.Used adverbially
4.With preps.
Strong's H4100מָה: properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses KJV:how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.