H4100–מָה–mah

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

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

Why didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from 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, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou didst earnestly long after thy father's house; yet why hast thou stolen my gods?

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him 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 chid with Laban: and Jacob answered, and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so eagerly pursued after me?

מַה־ mah- “what?”מַ֣ה mah “what?”

Whereas thou hast searched 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 both.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Laban answered, and said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children which they have borne?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: And he said, why 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 people that are with me: And he said, What needeth it? Let me find grace 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 to him, what is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves 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 some pit; and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And he turned to her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me have access to thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law:) and she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayst have access to me?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? and she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thy hand: and he gave them to her, and came in to 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, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

מַה־ mah- “how!”

But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand:

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

לָ֖מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And he said to his brethren, My money is restored; and see it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done to us?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

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

לָמָ֥ה (מָ֥ה) Mah “why?”

And when they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Arise, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?

לָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And they said to him, Why saith my lord these words? Far be it from us that thy servants should do according to this thing:

לָ֚מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that ye have done? knew ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”