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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

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753 occurrences in 659 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 30:31

    And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

    מָ֣ה mah “what?”

  2. Genesis 31:26

    And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

    מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

  3. Genesis 31:27

    Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

    לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  4. Genesis 31:30

    And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

    לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  5. Genesis 31:32

    As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

    מָ֥ה mah “what?”

  6. Genesis 31:36

    Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”מַ֣ה mah “what?”

  7. Genesis 31:37

    Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  8. Genesis 31:43

    Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

    מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

  9. Genesis 32:27

    Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  10. Genesis 32:29

    Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

    לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  11. Genesis 33:15

    And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

    לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  12. Genesis 37:10

    And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

    מָ֛ה mah “what?”

  13. Genesis 37:15

    And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  14. Genesis 37:20

    Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  15. Genesis 37:26

    And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  16. Genesis 38:16

    And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  17. Genesis 38:18

    And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

    מָ֣ה mah “what?”

  18. Genesis 38:29

    But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.

    מַה־ mah- “how!”

  19. Genesis 39:8

    But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  20. Genesis 42:1

    Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

    לָ֖מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  21. Genesis 42:28

    And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  22. Genesis 43:6

    And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brot

    לָמָ֥ה (מָ֥ה) Mah “why?”

  23. Genesis 44:4

    And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

    לָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  24. Genesis 44:7

    And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

    לָ֚מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  25. Genesis 44:15

    And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

    מָֽה־ mah- “what?”