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Rh dream which thou hast dreamt? 44:15 Jos 22:16 Ju 8:1 15:11 20:12 1 S 29:3}}

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d. is often used in questions to which the answer little, or nothing, is expected, and it thus becomes equivalent to a rhetorical negative (cf. b, 2 K 9:22}} f c ): (a) Gn 23:15 land worth 400 shekels. . ., what is it? (i.e. it is something quite insignificant), Gn 27:37 Ju 8:3}}

14:18, Ho 9:5 10:3 Ps 30:10 56:5 Jb 15:9 16:6 21:21 22:13.17  La 2:13 Ct 5:9  what is thy beloved (more) than a(nother) beloved?

4. With preps.: a. $Hbr.xii.244 ff$, $iii. 478$ wherein? Ex 22:26 Ju 16:5 1 S 14:38 (indirect question; We whereby? Gn 15:8 Ex 33:16 Mal 1:2.6.7 2:17 3:7-8; ; wherewith? 1 S 6:2 2 S 21:3 Mi 6:6; by what means? Ju 16:5  ; at what (worth) ? Is 2:22; for what? 2 Ch 7:21 ( 1 K 9:8 ). b. † Hg 1:9 because of what?  †c., prop. the like of what ? (Ar. , Syr. ) ; hence (a) how much? how many? Gn 47:8  S1 9:35 Ps 119:84 Jb 13:23;  1 K 22:16 (=2 Ch 18:15 );  how often? Zc 21:17 (i.e. how seldom!); in an indirect question, how much ? Zc 2:6.6 . As an exclamation, Zc 7:3 as
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