H4100–מָה–mah

The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [ergänzt: due] to me is passed away from my God?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?

מַה־ mah- “what?”מַה־ mah- “what?”

Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

מַה־ mi- “what?”

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

מַה־ mah- “how!”

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Wherefore have we fasted, [ergänzt: say they], and thou seest not? [ergänzt: wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [ergänzt: your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.

מָה־ mah- “what?”

And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling caldron; and the face thereof is from the north.

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [ergänzt: thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.

מַה־ mah- “how!”

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

מַה־ mah- “why?”

And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; [ergänzt: thy] lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

מֶ֗ה Meh “what?”

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”

To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

מָ֛ה mah “what?”