H4100–מָה–mah

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything. If thou doest this for me, I will again feed [ergänzt: and] keep thy flock:

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast deceived me, and hast carried away my daughters as captives of war?

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp;

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why hast thou stolen my gods?

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live. Before our brethren discern what is thine with me, and take [ergänzt: it] to thee. But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

מַה־ mah- “what?”מַ֣ה mah “what?”

Whereas thou hast explored all my baggage, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set [ergänzt: it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, and let them decide between us both.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that thou seest is mine; but as for my daughters, what can I do this day to them, or to their sons whom they have brought forth?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Jacob asked and said, Tell [ergänzt: me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [ergänzt: some] of the people that are with me. And he said, What need? Let me find favour in the eyes of my lord.

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And he told [ergänzt: it] to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

מָ֛ה mah “what?”

And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me go in to thee; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in to me?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy lace, and thy staff which is in thy hand. And he gave [ergänzt: it] her, and went in to her; and she conceived by him.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! on thee be the breach! And they called his name Pherez.

מַה־ mah- “how!”

But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

לָ֖מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And he said to his brethren, My money is returned [ergänzt: to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed [ergänzt: them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this [ergänzt: that] God has done to us?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Israel said, Why did ye deal [ergänzt: so] ill with me [ergänzt: as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

לָמָ֥ה (מָ֥ה) Mah “why?”

They were gone out of the city, [ergänzt: and] not [ergänzt: yet] far off, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Up! follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, thou shalt say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?

לָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!

לָ֚מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”