H4100–מָה–mah

I attended and listened, but they spoke not aright; no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying: 'What have I done?' Every one turneth away in his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

מֶ֖ה meh “what?”

'Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be cut off there; for the LORD our God hath cut us off, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

מָה֙ mah “what?”

Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it? Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

מָה֙ mah “what?”

What hath My beloved to do in My house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the hallowed flesh is passed from thee? When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

What wilt thou say, when He shall set the friends over thee as head, whom thou thyself hast trained against thee? Shall not pangs take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

O Thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Why shouldest thou be as a man overcome, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet Thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and Thy name is called upon us; leave us not.

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, so that it refuseth to be healed? Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee: 'Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the

מֶה֩ meh “what?”וּמֶ֤ה (מֶ֤ה) Meh “what?”וּמֶ֣ה (מֶ֣ה) Meh “what?”

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour: 'Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?'

מֶ֨ה meh “what?”

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that art nestled in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

מַה־ mah- “how!”

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My word; let him speak My word faithfully. What hath the straw to do with the wheat? saith the LORD.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying: 'What is the burden of the LORD?' then shalt thou say unto them: 'What burden! I will cast you off, saith the LORD.'

מַה־ mah- “what?”מַה־ mah- “what?”

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: 'What hath the LORD answered?' and: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'

מֶה־ meh- “what?”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: 'What hath the LORD answered thee?' and: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'

מֶה־ meh- “what?”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

Then said the LORD unto me: 'What seest thou, Jeremiah?' And I said: 'Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.'

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live; wherefore should this city become desolate?

לָ֧מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,

לָ֚מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Why criest thou for thy hurt, that thy pain is incurable? For the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

מַה־ mah- “why?”

'Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying: The two families which the LORD did choose, He hath cast them off? and they contemn My people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah: 'Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

מֶה֩ meh “what?”

But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee: Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee;

מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”