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H4100מָהmah
what?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative
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And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is this that thou hast brought us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? they are almost ready to stone me.
מָ֥ה mah “what?”
And when Moses's 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 by thee from morning to evening?
מָֽה־ mah- “what?”
For that is his only covering, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth to me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
בַּמֶּ֣ה (מֶּ֣ה) Meh “what?”
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people assembled themselves to Aaron, and said to him, Arise, make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
מֶה־ meh- “what?”
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why [] thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast [] forth from the land of Egypt, with great power, and with [] mighty hand?
לָמָ֤ה (מָ֤ה) Mah “why?”
Why should the Egyptians speak and say, For evil did he bring them out, 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?”
And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people to thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
מֶֽה־ meh- “what?”
For they said to me, Make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
מֶה־ meh- “what?”
For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do to thee.
מָ֥ה mah “what?”
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? Is it not in that thou goest with us? So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
וּבַמֶּ֣ה׀ (מֶּ֣ה) Meh “how?”
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?”
And those men said to him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?
לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And Moses said to them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And Moses said to the LORD, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant? and why 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?”
But even a whole month, until it shall come out at your nostrils, and it be lothsome to you; because ye have despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;
מַה־ mah- “what?”
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 tents, or in strong holds;
וּמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “what?”וּמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “what?”
And what the land is, whether it is fertile or barren, whether there is wood in it, 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?”
And why hath the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
וְלָמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “why?”
And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”
And they put him in custody, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
מַה־ mah- “what?”
For which cause both thou and all thy company are assembled against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
מַה־ mah- “what?”
And why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
וְלָמָ֤ה (מָ֤ה) Mah “why?”
And why have ye conducted us from Egypt, to bring us to 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?”