H4100–מָה–mah

Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.

לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

I heard, but I didn't understand: then said I, my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, And like the dew that disappears early.

מָ֤ה mah “what?”מָ֥ה mah “what?”

What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, And in the day of the feast of Yahweh?

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Give them--Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh; And the king, what can he do for us?"

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; From me your fruit is found."

מַה־ mah- “what?”

How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

מַה־ mah- “how!”

Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, And don't give your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"

לָ֚מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

"Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, And all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.

מָה־ mah- “what?”

For, behold, he who forms the mountains, And creates the wind, And declares to man what is his thought; Who makes the morning darkness, And treads on the high places of the Earth: Yahweh, the God of hosts, is his name."

מַה־ mah- “what?”

"Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, And not light.

לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

Yahweh said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

He said, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then Yahweh said to me, "The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your gods! Maybe the gods will notice us, so that we won't perish."

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"

מַה־ mah- “what?”מָ֣ה mah “what?”

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What is this that you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then said they to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, That pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

מֶה־ meh- “what?”וּמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “what?”

My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, That you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."

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

How shall I come before Yahweh, And bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?

בַּמָּה֙ (מָּה֙) Mah “what?”

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, To love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמָֽה־ (מָֽה) mah- “what?”

What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won't rise up the second time.

מַה־ mah- “whatever”