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H4100מָהmah
what?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative
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And Judah said, What are we to say to my lord? how may we put ourselves right in his eyes? God has made clear the sin of your servants: now we are in your hands, we and the man in whose bag your cup was seen.
מַה־ mah- “what?”מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”
Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?
כַּמָּ֕ה (מָּ֕ה) Mah “many?”
And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.
וְלָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.
לָ֧מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And he went out the day after and saw two of the Hebrews fighting: and he said to him who was in the wrong, Why are you fighting your brother?
לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal.
לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you: and they say to me, What is his name? what am I to say to them?
מַה־ mah- “what?”מָ֥ה mah “what?”
And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
מַה־זֶּ֣ה (מַה) mah “what”
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.
לָ֚מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?
לָ֧מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?
לָמָ֤ה (מָ֤ה) Mah “why?”לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
So our cattle will have to go with us, not one may be kept back; for they are needed for the worship of the Lord our God; we have no knowledge what offering we have to give till we come to the place.
מַֽה־ mah- “what?”
And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?
מָ֛ה mah “what?”
And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house:
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.
מַה־ mah- “why?”
And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord; for your angry words against the Lord have come to his ears: and what are we that you are crying out against us?
מָ֔ה Mah “what?”
And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.
מָ֔ה Mah “what?”
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?
מַה־ mah- “why?”מַה־ mah- “why?”