H4100–מָה–mah

Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? The man of God answered, Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.

וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”

Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

It happened, as he talked with him, that [supplied: the king] said to him, Have we made you of the king's counsel? Stop! Why should you be struck down? Then the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to [supplied: your] hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

לְמַדַּ֔י (מַ) ma. “<from> [what]”

So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do you trust, that you abide the siege in Jerusalem?

מָה֙ mah “what?”

Don't you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?

מֶ֤ה meh “what?”

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? [supplied: I come] not against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; and God has commanded me to make haste: forbear you from [supplied: meddling with] God, who is with me, that he not destroy you.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Now, our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.

מָ֗ה Mah “what?”

The rulers didn't know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.

וּמָ֖ה (מָ֖ה) Mah “what?”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? will you rebel against the king?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

מָ֛ה mah “what?”

I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend on her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

מַה־ mah- “what?”מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then said the king to her, What will you, queen Esther? and what is your request? it shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.

מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is your petition? and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

The king said, What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants who ministered to him said, "Nothing has been done for him."

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

So Haman came in. The king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is your petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”