H4100–מָה–mah

A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? -- All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

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

וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Let them bring them forward, and declare to us what shall happen: shew the former things, what they are, that we may give attention to them, and know the end of them; -- or let us hear things to come:

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd [ergänzt: strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Woe unto him that saith unto [ergänzt: his] father, What begettest thou? Or to [ergänzt: his] mother, What hast thou brought forth?

מַה־ mah- “what?”מַה־ mah- “what?”

and now, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people hath been taken away for nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith Jehovah; and continually all the day is my name scorned.

מַה־ mi- “what?”

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

מַה־ mah- “how!”

Wherefore do ye spend money for [ergänzt: that which is] not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [ergänzt: that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

-- Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth [ergänzt: you], and exact all your labours.

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Why, O Jehovah, hast thou made us to err from thy ways, hast hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And the word of Jehovah came to 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 to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething-pot, and its face is from the north.

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

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

מַה־ mah- “what?”

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

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

How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done -- a swift dromedary traversing her ways!

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

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

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

How dost thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore hast thou also accustomed thy ways to wickedness.

מַה־ mah- “how!”

Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria.

מַה־ mah- “why?”

-- And thou, wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair: [ergänzt: thy] lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Behold, I bring a nation upon you from afar, house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest thou 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 to them, As ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

מֶ֗ה Meh “what?”

the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love [ergänzt: to have it] so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?

וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”

To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are 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?”