H4100–מָה–mah

And he said: 'What shall I give thee?' And Jacob said: 'Thou shalt not give me aught; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword?

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and outwit me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And now that thou art surely gone, because thou sore longest after thy father's house, wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?'

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.' --For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.--

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

And Jacob was wroth, and strove with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me?

מַה־ mah- “what?”מַ֣ה mah “what?”

Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: 'The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they h

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

And he said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And be said: 'Jacob.'

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Jacob asked him, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.' And he said: 'Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?' And he blessed him there.

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And Esau said: 'Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.' And he said: 'What needeth it? let me find favour in the sight of my lord.'

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him: 'What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee to the earth?'

מָ֛ה mah “what?”

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?'

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.'

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And he turned unto her by the way, and said: 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee'; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And he said: 'What pledge shall I give thee?' And she said: 'Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand.' And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his brother came out; and she said: 'Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself?' Therefore his name was called Perez.

מַה־ mah- “how!”

But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons: 'Why do ye look one upon another?'

לָ֖מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And he said unto his brethren: 'My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack.' And their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying: 'What is this that God hath done unto us?'

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Israel said: 'Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?'

לָמָ֥ה (מָ֥ה) Mah “why?”

And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward: 'Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them: Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

לָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

לָ֚מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And Joseph said unto them: 'What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed divine?'

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”