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H4100מָהmah
what?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative
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Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.
לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.
מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמָ֥ה (מָ֥ה) Mah “what?”
What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?
מָֽה־ mah- “what?”
You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.
מֶ֗ה Meh “what?”
Who is there still among you who saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?
וּמָ֨ה (מָ֨ה) Mah “what?”
Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.
מָה־ mah- “what?”מָה־ mah- “what?”
And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.
מָה־ mah- “what?”
Then I said, What have these come to do? And he said, These are the horns which sent Judah in flight, and kept him from lifting up his head: but these men have come to send fear on them and to put down the nations who are lifting up their horns against t
מָ֛ה mah “what?”
And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.
כַּמָּֽה־ (מָּֽה) mah- “much?”וְכַמָּ֥ה (מָּ֥ה) Mah “much?”
And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a light-support, made all of gold, with its cup on the top of it and seven lights on it; and there are seven pipes to every one of the lights which are on the top of it;
מָ֥ה mah “what?”
And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?
מָה־ mah- “what?”
Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
מָה־ mah- “what?”
And I made answer and said to him, What are these two olive-trees on the right side of the light-support and on the left?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And he said in answer to me, Have you no knowledge what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
מָה־ mah- “what?”
And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, A roll going through the air; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.
מָ֥ה mah “what?”
And the angel who was talking to me went out and said to me, Let your eyes be lifted up now, and see the ephah which is going out.
מָ֖ה mah “what?”
And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?
מָה־ mah- “what?”
And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?
כַּמֶּ֥ה (מֶּ֥ה) Meh “many?”
For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
מַה־ mah- “how!”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “how!”
And if anyone says to him, What are these wounds between your hands? then he will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
מָ֧ה mah “what?”
You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,
בַּמָּ֣ה (מָּ֣ה) Mah “how?”
A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How ha
בַּמֶּ֥ה (מֶּ֥ה) Meh “how?”