Lexical Definition

‎מְאוּמָה‎ mᵉʼûwmâh (meh-oo'-maw) anything ^H:N
apparently a form of ‎מאוּם‎

fault, [phrase] no(-ught), ought, somewhat, any (no-)thing.

• properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something
• with negative, nothing

1) anything

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְא֫וּמָה‎₃₂ pronoun indefinite anything (according to Thes from ‎מָה וּמָה‎, 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 Gen 22:12 ‎ואלתֿעשׂ לו מאומה‎ (euphem. for something bad), Gen 30:31 ‎מאומה לֹאתִֿתֶּןלִֿי‎, Gen 39:6; Gen 39:9; Gen 40:15 (euphemism), 1Sam 12:4; 1Sam 12:5; 1Sam 20:26; 1Sam 20:39; 1Sam 25:7; 1Sam 25:15; 1Sam 25:21; 1Sam 29:3 etc., Judg 14:6 ‎ומאומה אין בידו‎, Eccl 5:14* ‎לא ישׂא בעמלו‎ ‎׳‎‎ומ‎ 1Kgs 18:43 ‎׳‎‎אין מ‎ literally nought of anything ! Jer 39:12 ‎ואל תעשׂ לו מאומה רָּע‎; strengthened by ‎כֹּל‎ Gen 39:23; 2Sam 3:35 after ‎אִם‎ = surely not, 2Sam 3:35 in interrogative sentence Num 22:38 in affirm. sentence Deut 24:10 ‎כִּיתַֿשֶּׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎בְרֵעֲךָ מַשֵּׁאת מ‎ a pledge of (= consisting in) anything, 2Sam 13:2 (euphemism), 2Kgs 5:20. Used adverbially, 1Sam 21:3* ‎את הדבר‎ ‎׳‎‎אישׁ אל ידע מ‎ let no one know of the matter in anything at all. ‎מָאוֺר‎, [‎מְאוּרָה‎] see ‎אור‎. [‎מאזן‎], ‎מאֹזְנַיִם‎ see II. ‎אזן‎.

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