H4100–מָה–mah

And Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will smite Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and no man shall know it: why should he take thy life, and all they of Judah who are gathered unto thee be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

לָ֧מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And now thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you no remnant;

לָמָה֩ (מָה֩) Mah “why?”

Stand by the way, and watch, inhabitress of Aroer; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What is done?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? Thy valley shall flow down, O backsliding daughter, that trusteth in her treasures, [supplied: saying,] Who shall come against me?

מַה־ mah- “why?”

What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea: who will heal thee?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”מָ֣ה mah “what?”מָ֤ה mah “what?”

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

מַה־ mah- “why?”

Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.

מֶֽה־ meh- “what?”

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, to cause [supplied: me] to go far off from my sanctuary? And yet again thou shalt see great abominations.

מָ֣ההֵ֣ם (מָ֣ה) me. “what”

Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?

מָ֖ה mah “what?”

Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these [supplied: things], the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint;

מָ֤ה mah “how!”

Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things are? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon.

מָה־ mah- “what?”

What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, [supplied: The] fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel?

וְלָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

מָ֤ה mah “what?”

And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.

מָ֖ה mah “what?”

For the trial [supplied: is made]; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no [supplied: more]? saith the Lord Jehovah.

וּמָ֕ה (מָ֕ה) Mah “what?”

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, which thou doest?

מָה־ mah- “what?”

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

וְלָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people keep talking of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And when the children of my people speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not declare unto us what thou meanest by these?

מָה־ mah- “what?”

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king who hath appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces worse liking than the youths who are of your age? and ye would endanger my head with the king.

לָמָּה֩ (מָּה֩) Mah “why?”