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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 King James Version.

  1. Psalms 114:5

    What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  2. Psalms 115:2

    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

    לָ֭מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  3. Psalms 116:12

    What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

    מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

  4. Psalms 118:6

    The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  5. Psalms 119:9

    Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

    בַּמֶּ֣ה (מֶּ֣ה) Meh “how?”

  6. Psalms 119:84

    How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

    כַּמָּ֥ה (מָּ֥ה) Mah “many?”

  7. Psalms 119:97

    O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

    מָֽה־ mah- “how!”

  8. Psalms 119:103

    How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

    מַה־ mah- “how!”

  9. Psalms 120:3

    What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

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

  10. Psalms 133:1

    Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

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

  11. Psalms 139:17

    How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

    מַה־ mah- “how!”מֶ֥ה meh “how!”

  12. Psalms 144:3

    LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

    מָה־ mah- “what?”

  13. Proverbs 4:19

    The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

    בַּמֶּ֥ה (מֶּ֥ה) Meh “what?”

  14. Proverbs 5:20

    And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

    וְלָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  15. Proverbs 9:13

    A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

    מָּֽה׃ Mah “whatever”

  16. Proverbs 15:23

    A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

    מַה־ mah- “how!”

  17. Proverbs 16:16

    How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

    מַה־ mah- “how!”

  18. Proverbs 17:16

    Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

    לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

  19. Proverbs 20:24

    Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  20. Proverbs 22:27

    If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

    לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  21. Proverbs 25:8

    Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  22. Proverbs 27:1

    Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  23. Proverbs 30:4

    Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

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

  24. Proverbs 30:13

    There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

    מָה־ mah- “how!”

  25. Proverbs 31:2

    What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

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