Strong’s H4972 · Hebrew

מַתְּלָאָה
mattᵉlâʼâh
mat-tel-aw-aw'

Definition

what a trouble!

Etymology

from H4100 (מָה) and H8513 (תְּלָאָה);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • what a weariness

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.