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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 American Standard Version.

  1. Song of Songs 1:7

    Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [supplied: thy flock], Where thou makest [supplied: it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?

    שַׁלָּמָ֤ה (מָ֤ה) Mah “why?”

  2. Song of Songs 4:10

    How fair is thy love, my sister, [supplied: my] bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

    מַה־ mah- “how!”מַה־ mah- “how!”

  3. Song of Songs 5:8

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  4. Song of Songs 5:9

    What is thy beloved more than [supplied: another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [supplied: another] beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?

    מַה־ mah- “how [is]?”מַה־ mah- “how?”

  5. Song of Songs 6:13

    Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?

    מַֽה־ mah- “why?”

  6. Song of Songs 7:1

    How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman.

    מַה־ mah- “how!”

  7. Song of Songs 7:6

    How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

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

  8. Song of Songs 8:4

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake [supplied: my] love, Until he please.

    מַה־ mah- “why?”וּֽמַה־ (מַה) mah- “why?”

  9. Song of Songs 8:8

    We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?

    מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

  10. Isaiah 1:5

    Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

    מֶ֥ה meh “what?”

  11. Isaiah 1:11

    What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

    לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

  12. Isaiah 2:22

    Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

    בַמֶּ֥ה (מֶּ֥ה) Meh “how?”

  13. Isaiah 3:15

    what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

    מַה־לָּכֶם֙ (מַה) mah “what”

  14. Isaiah 5:4

    What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  15. Isaiah 10:3

    And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

    וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”

  16. Isaiah 14:32

    What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.

    וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”

  17. Isaiah 19:12

    Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  18. Isaiah 21:11

    The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”מַה־ mah- “what?”

  19. Isaiah 22:1

    The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  20. Isaiah 22:16

    What doest thou here? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  21. Isaiah 36:4

    And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

    מָ֧ה mah “what?”

  22. Isaiah 38:15

    What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

    מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

  23. Isaiah 38:22

    Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?

    מָ֣ה mah “what?”

  24. Isaiah 39:3

    Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.

    מָ֥ה mah “what?”

  25. Isaiah 39:4

    Then said he, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.

    מָ֥ה mah “what?”