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H4100מָהmah

what?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative

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Occurrences by book

  1. 63
  2. 33
  3. 1
  4. 30
  5. 6
  6. 13
  7. 41
  8. 2
  9. 68
  10. 45
  11. 19
  12. 24
  13. 8
  14. 18
  15. 1
  16. 7
  17. 18
  18. 63
  19. 66
  20. 16
  21. 28
  22. 13
  23. 29
  24. 50
  25. 6
  26. 16
  27. 3
  28. 6
  29. 3
  30. 4
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 6
  33. 8
  34. 1
  35. 5
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 2
  38. 20
  39. 11

Renderings

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753 occurrences in 659 verses

With their references and text in American Standard Version.

  1. Exodus 17:3

    And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

    לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  2. Exodus 17:4

    And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

    מָ֥ה mah “what?”

  3. Exodus 18:14

    And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even?

    מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

  4. Exodus 22:27

    for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

    בַּמֶּ֣ה (מֶּ֣ה) Meh “what?”

  5. Exodus 32:1

    And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

    מֶה־ meh- “what?”

  6. Exodus 32:11

    And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

    לָמָ֤ה (מָ֤ה) Mah “why?”

  7. Exodus 32:12

    Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

    לָמָּה֩ (מָּה֩) Mah “why?”

  8. Exodus 32:21

    And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?

    מֶֽה־ meh- “what?”

  9. Exodus 32:23

    For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

    מֶה־ meh- “what?”

  10. Exodus 33:5

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

    מָ֥ה mah “what?”

  11. Exodus 33:16

    For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?

    וּבַמֶּ֣ה׀ (מֶּ֣ה) Meh “how?”

  12. Leviticus 25:20

    And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  13. Numbers 9:7

    and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

    לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  14. Numbers 9:8

    And Moses said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  15. Numbers 11:11

    And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

    לָמָ֤ה (מָ֤ה) Mah “why?”וְלָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  16. Numbers 11:20

    but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you; because that ye have rejected Jehovah who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

    לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  17. Numbers 13:18

    and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  18. Numbers 13:19

    and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

    וּמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “what?”וּמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “what?”

  19. Numbers 13:20

    and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.

    וּמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “what?”

  20. Numbers 14:3

    And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

    וְלָמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “why?”

  21. Numbers 14:41

    And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

    לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

  22. Numbers 15:34

    And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  23. Numbers 16:11

    Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?

    מַה־ mah- “what?”

  24. Numbers 20:4

    And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

    וְלָמָ֤ה (מָ֤ה) Mah “why?”

  25. Numbers 20:5

    And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

    וְלָמָ֤ה (מָ֤ה) Mah “why?”