H4100–מָה–mah

A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh `is' grass, and all its goodliness `is' As a flower of the field:

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?

וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

Why sayest thou, O Jacob? and speakest thou, O Israel? `My way hath been hid from Jehovah, And from my God my judgment passeth over.'

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things -- what they `are' declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

Wo `to' him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?' And thy work, `He hath no hands?'

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Wo `to' him who is saying to a father, `What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, `What dost thou bring forth?

מַה־ mah- “what?”מַה־ mah- “what?”

And now, what -- to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah, That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling, -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually all the day My name is despised.

מַה־ mi- “what?”

How comely on the mountains, Have been the feet of one proclaiming tidings, Sounding peace, proclaiming good tidings, Sounding salvation, Saying to Zion, `Reigned hath thy God.'

מַה־ mah- “how!”

Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

`Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Why causest Thou us to wander, O Jehovah, from Thy ways? Thou hardenest our heart from Thy fear, Turn back for Thy servants' sake, The tribes of Thine inheritance.

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?' And I say, `A rod of an almond tree I am seeing.'

מָה־ mah- “what?”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying, `What art thou seeing?' And I say, `A blown pot I am seeing, and its face `is' from the north.'

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And now, what -- to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what -- to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?

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

How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

What -- dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways.

מַה־ mah- “how!”

What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,

מַה־ mah- “why?”

And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself `with' ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Lo, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation -- strong it `is', a nation -- from of old it `is', A nation -- thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And it hath come to pass, when ye say, `For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, `As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours.

מֶ֗ה Meh “what?”

The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved `it' so, And what do they at its latter end?

וּמַֽה־ (מַֽה) mah- “what?”

Why `is' this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings `are' not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.

לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

Art thou not seeing what they are doing In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem?

מָ֛ה mah “what?”