Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H4100מָהmah
what?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative
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753 occurrences in 659 verses
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Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions?
שַׁלָּמָ֤ה (מָ֤ה) Mah “why?”
How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices!
מַה־ mah- “how!”מַה־ mah- “how!”
'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? that I am love-sick.'
מַה־ mah- “what?”
'What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so adjure us?'
מַה־ mah- “how [is]?”מַה־ mah- “how?”
Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulammite? As it were a dance of two companies.
מַֽה־ mah- “why?”
How beautiful are thy steps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.
מַה־ mah- “how!”
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
מַה־ mah- “how!”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “how!”
'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem: Why should ye awaken, or stir up love, until it please?'
מַה־ mah- “why?”וּֽמַה־ (מַה) mah- “why?”
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?”
On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
מֶ֥ה meh “what?”
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith the LORD; I am full 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?”
Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted!
בַמֶּ֥ה (מֶּ֥ה) Meh “how?”
What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.
מַה־לָּכֶם֙ (מַה) mah “what”
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?”
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the ruin which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory?
וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”
What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of His people take refuge.
וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”
Where are they, then, thy wise men? And let them tell thee now; and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
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?”
The burden concerning the Valley of Vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,
מַה־ mah- “what?”
What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre, thou that hewest thee out a sepulchre on high, and gravest a habitation for thyself in the rock?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And Rab-shakeh 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?”
What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and Himself hath done it; I shall go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.
מָֽה־ mah- “what?”
And Hezekiah said. 'What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?'
מָ֣ה mah “what?”
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?”
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 shown them.'
מָ֥ה mah “what?”