STRONGS NUMBER H3972

H3972. meumah

מְא֫וּמָה‎₃₂ pronoun indefinite anything (according to Thes from וּמָה מָה‎, like quidquid, against which is the Mil`el tone; according to Ol^{254, 255, 386} Kö^{ii. 146 an old accusative} from מאוּם‎ in sense of speck, particle, compare French point: in Assyrian manman (properly who ? who ?), assimilated mamman, or manma (man, who ? + Generalizing ma), mamma, is any one, minma (min, what ? + ma), mimma, is anything, Dl^{§ 60, HWB 418 f}; W^{SG 125 f.}); — anything, usually in negative sentences, as Genesis 22:12 מאומה לו ואלתֿעשׂ‎ (euphem. for something bad), 30:31 לֹאתִֿתֶּןלִֿי מאומה‎, 39:6, 9; 40:15 (euphemism), 1 Samuel 12:4-5, 20:26, 39; 25:7, 15, 21; 29:3 etc., Judges 14:6 בידו אין ומאומה‎, Ecclesiastes 5:14 ׳ומ בעמלו ישׂא לא‎ 1 Kings 18:43 מ ׳אין‎ literally nought of anything ! Jeremiah 39:12 רָּע מאומה לו תעשׂ ואל‎; strengthened by כֹּל‎ Genesis 39:23; 2 Samuel 3:35; after אִם‎ = surely not, 3:35; in interrogative sentence Numbers 22:38; in affirm. sentence Deuteronomy 24:10 מ מַשֵּׁאת ׳בְרֵעֲךָ כִּיתַֿשֶּׁה‎ a pledge of (= consisting in) anything, 2 Samuel 13:2 (euphemism), 2 Kings 5:20. Used adverbially, 1 Samuel 21:3 מ ידע אל ׳אישׁ הדבר את‎ let no one know of the matter in anything at all.

מָאוֺר‎, [מְאוּרָה‎] see אור‎.

[מאזן‎], מאֹזְנַיִם‎ see II. אזן‎.