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H4100מָהmah

what?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative

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Occurrences by book

  1. 63
  2. 33
  3. 1
  4. 30
  5. 6
  6. 13
  7. 41
  8. 2
  9. 68
  10. 45
  11. 19
  12. 24
  13. 8
  14. 18
  15. 1
  16. 7
  17. 18
  18. 63
  19. 66
  20. 16
  21. 28
  22. 13
  23. 29
  24. 50
  25. 6
  26. 16
  27. 3
  28. 6
  29. 3
  30. 4
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 6
  33. 8
  34. 1
  35. 5
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 2
  38. 20
  39. 11

Renderings

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753 occurrences in 659 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Psalms 114:5

    What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  2. Psalms 115:2

    Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

    לָ֭מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  3. Psalms 116:12

    What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?

    מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

  4. Psalms 118:6

    The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  5. Psalms 119:9

    <BETH> How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.

    בַּמֶּ֣ה (מֶּ֣ה) Meh “how?”

  6. Psalms 119:84

    How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?

    כַּמָּ֥ה (מָּ֥ה) Mah “many?”

  7. Psalms 119:97

    <MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

    מָֽה־ mah- “how!”

  8. Psalms 119:103

    How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

    מַה־ mah- “how!”

  9. Psalms 120:3

    What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?

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

  10. Psalms 133:1

    See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

    מַה־ mah- “how!”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “how!”

  11. Psalms 139:17

    How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

    מַה־ mah- “how!”מֶ֥ה meh “how!”

  12. Psalms 144:3

    Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

    מָה־ mah- “what?”

  13. Proverbs 4:19

    The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

    בַּמֶּ֥ה (מֶּ֥ה) Meh “what?”

  14. Proverbs 5:20

    Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

    וְלָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  15. Proverbs 9:13

    The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

    מָּֽה׃ Mah “whatever”

  16. Proverbs 15:23

    A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

    מַה־ mah- “how!”

  17. Proverbs 16:16

    How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

    מַה־ mah- “how!”

  18. Proverbs 17:16

    How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

    לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

  19. Proverbs 20:24

    A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  20. Proverbs 22:27

    If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

    לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  21. Proverbs 25:8

    Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  22. Proverbs 27:1

    Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  23. Proverbs 30:4

    Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”

  24. Proverbs 30:13

    There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

    מָה־ mah- “how!”

  25. Proverbs 31:2

    What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”וּ֝מֶה (מֶה) meh “what?”