BDB4534

I. מו a paragogic syllable, attached to בְּ, כְּ, לְ (q. v.), so as to form with them independent words, בְּמוֺ, כְּמוֺ, לְמוֺ (q. v.) These forms, except sometimes כְּמוֺ, are exclusively poetical. In origin מוֺ is identical with מָה what, Arabic , which is used similarly, pleonastically, with certain prefixes, e.g. , , . See Qor 3:153; 71:25; Fl^{Kl. Schr. i. 473f., 479, 558}; W^{AG ii. § 70, Rem. f; SG 126f.}; Kö^{ii. 250 f.}; and compare Ethiopic , Syriac , Sabean בנמו = , DHM^{ZDMG 1883, 396 f.}, Hom^{Chrest. § 18}.

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