H4100–מָה–mah

So a horseman went out to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? come after me. And the watchman gave them word, saying, The horseman went up to them, but has not come back.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then he sent out a second horseman, who came up to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said in answer, What have you to do with peace? come after me.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Now when Joram saw Jehu he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said in answer, What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts?

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

וְלָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?

מָ֧ה mah “what?”

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

What is that headstone I see over there? And the men of the town said to him, It is the resting-place of the man of God who came from Judah and gave word of all these things which you have done to the altar of Beth-el.

מָ֚ה mah “what?”

And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.

לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖ה (מַ) ma. “what?”

In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

לָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”לָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destr

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my fami

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

בַּמֶּ֨ה (מֶּ֨ה) Meh “how?”

And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

מָ֚ה mah “what?”

And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Is

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And 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?”

Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. And the Lord said to him, How?

בַּמָּֽה׃ (מָּֽה) Mah “how?”

And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the

לָמָה֩ (מָה֩) Mah “why?”