Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H4100מָהmah
what?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative
Show inBible in Basic English
Occurrences by book
Renderings
Bible in Basic English is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.
753 occurrences in 659 verses
With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.
But I am going back to make war with the angel of Persia, and when I am gone, the angel of Greece will come. And there is no one on my side against these, but Michael, your angel.
לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”
And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of these things?
מָ֥ה mah “what?”
O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.
מָ֤ה mah “what?”מָ֥ה mah “what?”
What will you do on the day of worship, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
מַֽה־ mah- “what?”
O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen.
מַה־ mah- “how!”
Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the p
לָ֚מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.
מָה־ mah- “what?”
For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.
לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”
And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A weighted line. Then the Lord said, See, I will let down a weighted line among my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin:
מָֽה־ mah- “what?”
And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said to me, The end has come to my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin.
מָֽה־ mah- “what?”
And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?
מַה־ mah- “what?”מָ֣ה mah “what?”
And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of the town.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
Now why are you crying so loudly? is there no king in you? has destruction come on your wise helper? so that pains have taken you like the pains of a woman in childbirth:
לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.
מֶה־ meh- “what?”וּמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “what?”
O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord.
מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמֶה־ (מֶה) meh- “what?”
With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
בַּמָּה֙ (מָּה֙) Mah “what?”
He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.
מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמָֽה־ (מָֽה) mah- “what?”
What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.
מַה־ mah- “whatever”