H4100–מָה–mah

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he doth not return.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the lewd acts of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldst fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

וְלָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And Rab-shakeh said to them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which thou trustest?

מָ֧ה mah “what?”

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They have come from a far country even from Babylon.

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

And he said, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

Then he said, What title is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.

מָ֚ה mah “what?”

And of the children of Issachar, who were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖ה (מַ) ma. “what?”

Wherever I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedars?

לָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Joab answered, the LORD make his people a hundred times more numerous than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”לָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while the sword of thy enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

And David said to God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be afflicted.

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house?

בַּמֶּ֨ה (מֶּ֨ה) Meh “how?”

And he said to them, What advice give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father put upon us?

מָ֚ה mah “what?”

And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thy own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

כַּמֶּ֥ה (מֶּ֥ה) Meh “many?”

Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said to him, With what?

בַּמָּֽה׃ (מָּֽה) Mah “how?”

And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

לָמָה֩ (מָה֩) Mah “why?”