H4100–מָה–mah

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

לָ֧מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye [ergänzt: this] great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;

לָמָה֩ (מָה֩) Mah “why?”

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [ergänzt: saying], Who shall come unto me?

מַה־ mah- “why?”

What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”מָ֣ה mah “what?”מָ֤ה mah “what?”

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

מַה־ mah- “why?”

Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

מֶֽה־ meh- “what?”

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [ergänzt: And] forsake us so long time?

לָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but thou shalt again see yet other great abominations.

מָ֣ההֵ֣ם (מָ֣ה) me. “what”

Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?

מָ֖ה mah “what?”

Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot;

מָ֤ה mah “how!”

Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon:

מָה־ mah- “what?”

What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

וְלָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

מָ֤ה mah “what?”

Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

מָ֖ה mah “what?”

For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

וּמָ֕ה (מָ֕ה) Mah “what?”

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

מָה־ mah- “what?”

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

וְלָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people talk of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?

מָה־ mah- “what?”

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths that are of your own age? so would ye endanger my head with the king.

לָמָּה֩ (מָּה֩) Mah “why?”