מו a paragogic syllable, attached to בְּ, כְּ, לְ (q.v.), so as to form with them independent words, בְּמֹו, כְּמֹו, לְמוֹ (q.v.) These forms, except sometimes כְּמֹו, are exclusively poetical. In origin מֹו is identical with מָה what, Ar. Arabic, which is used similarly, pleonastically, with certain prefixes, e.g. Arabic, Arabic, Arabic. See Qor 3:153 71:25; Fl Kl. Schr. i. 473f., 479, 558. W AG ii. §70. Rem. f; 8G 126f.; Kö il. 250f.; and cf. Eth. Ethiopic, Syr. Syriac, Sab. בנמו = Arabic, DHM ZDMG 1883, 396f., Hom Chrest. §18.
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