me.u.mah denotes an indefinite thing or matter, most often in negative clauses to say that nothing is present, done, withheld, or known.

The noun most often occurs in clauses of absence, denial, or non-possession: nothing is seen, known, missing, withheld, or left. In other settings it marks an unspecified item, action, or matter in requests, offers, prohibitions, and statements of what may be taken or done.

1. No thing present, known, or lacking · dominant

   In 1 Kings 18:43 the report after looking toward the sea is that there is nothing, and in 1 Samuel 20:39 the boy knows nothing of Jonathan and David's meaning. Genesis 39:6 and Genesis 39:9 place the noun in statements that nothing was excluded from Joseph's oversight or withheld from him, while Jeremiah 39:10 describes people with nothing left.

   1 Kings 18:431 Samuel 20:39Genesis 39:6Genesis 39:9Jeremiah 39:10Ecclesiastes 9:5
2. An unspecified item, action, or matter · common

   In 1 Samuel 21:3 the request is for bread or whatever is found, and in 2 Kings 5:20 Gehazi intends to take something from Naaman. Genesis 22:12 prohibits doing anything to the boy, while Deuteronomy 24:10 concerns a loan of any kind and a pledge.

   1 Samuel 21:32 Kings 5:20Genesis 22:12Genesis 30:31Deuteronomy 24:102 Samuel 3:35

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB variously uses “nothing,” “anything,” “whatever,” and “something” for the surrounding clauses. Because it is a whole-verse translation, those renderings show the clauses' contexts rather than fixed English equivalents.