מְאוּמָה

pron.indef. anything (according to Thes from מָה וּמָה, like quidquid, against which is the Mil‘el tone; according to Ol254, 255, 386 Köii. 146 an old accus. from מאוּם in sense of speck, particle, cf. Fr point: in Assyrian manman (proposes who? who?), assim. mamman, or manma (man, who? + generalizing ma), mamma, is any one, minma (min, what? + ma), mimma, is anything, Dl§ 60,DlHWB 418 f. WSG 125 f.);—anything, usually in negative sentences, as Gn 22:12 ואל־תעשׂ לו מאומה (euphem. for something bad), 30:31 לֹא־תִתֶּן־לִי מאומה, 39:6, 9; 40:15 (euphem.), 1 S 12:4, 5; 20:26, 39; 25:7, 15, 21; 29:3 etc., Ju 14:6 ומאומה אין בידו, Ec 5:14 ומ׳ לא ישׂא בעמלו, 1 K 18:43 אין מ׳ lit. nought of anything! Je 39:12 ואל תעשׂ לו מאומה רָּע; strengthened by כֹּל †Gn 39:23; 2 S 3:35; after אִם = surely not, 2 S 3:35; in interrog. sentence Nu 22:38; in affirm. sentence Dt 24:10 כִּי־תַשֶּׁה בֳרֵעֲךָ מַשַּׁאת מ׳ a pledge of (= consisting in) anything, 2 S 13:2 (euphem.), 2 K 5:20 (var. מוּמָח). Adverbially, 1 S 21:3 אישׁ אל ידע מ׳ את הדבר let no one know of the matter in anything at all.