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H4100מָהmah
what?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative
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And take with you ten cakes of bread and dry cakes and a pot of honey, and go to him: he will give you word of what is to become of the child.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
Then Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps coming in at the door, said, Come in, O wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself seem like another? for I am sent to you with bitter news.
לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And the Lord will put up a king over Israel who will send destruction on the family of Jeroboam in that day;
וּמֶ֖ה (מֶ֖ה) Meh “what?”
And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?
מֶ֣ה meh “what?”
And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
מֶה־ meh- “what?”
But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said, Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food?
מַה־ mah- “why?”
Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?
כַּמֶּ֥ה (מֶּ֥ה) Meh “many?”
And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
בַּמָּֽה׃ (מָּֽה) Mah “how?”
And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?
מַה־ mah- “why?”
And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you?
מֶ֚ה meh “what?”
And when they had come to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, Say what you would have me do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Be pleased to let a special measure of your spirit be on me.
מָ֣ה mah “what?”
But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house but a pot of oil.
מָ֣ה mah “what?”מַה־ mah- “what?”
And he said to him, Now say to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? will you have any request made for you to the king or the captain of the army? But she said, I am living among my people.
מֶ֚ה meh “what?”
So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.
וּמֶ֖ה (מֶ֖ה) Meh “what?”
But his servant said, How am I to put this before a hundred men? But he said, Give it to the people for food; for the Lord says, There will be food for them and some over.
מָ֚ה mah “what?”
Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.
לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
While he was still talking to them, the king came down and said, This evil is from the Lord; why am I to go on waiting any longer for the Lord?
מָֽה־ mah- “why?”
Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?
מָ֗ה Mah “why?”
And Hazael said, How is it possible that your servant, who is only a dog, will do this great thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has made it clear to me that you will be king over Aram.
מָ֤ה mah “what?”
Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.
מָֽה־ mah- “what?”