H4100–מָה–mah

Then said he, Knowest thou for what cause I come to thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? for your goodness is as the morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

מָ֤ה mah “what?”מָ֥ה mah “what?”

What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir-tree. From me is thy fruit found.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

מַה־ mah- “how!”

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: why should they say among the people, Where is their God?

לָ֚מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Yes, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense upon your own head;

מָה־ mah- “what?”

For lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth to man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

And the LORD said to me, Amos, what seest thou? and I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD to me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

So the ship-master came to him, and said to him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, it may be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then said they to him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thy occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

מַה־ mah- “what?”מָ֣ה mah “what?”

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then said they to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Now why dost thou cry aloud? is there no king in thee? hath thy counselor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

O my people, what have I done to thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me,

מֶה־ meh- “what?”וּמָ֣ה (מָ֣ה) Mah “what?”

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמֶה־ (מֶה) meh- “what?”

Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?

בַּמָּה֙ (מָּה֙) Mah “what?”

He hath shown thee, O man, what is good; and what the LORD doth require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמָֽה־ (מָֽה) mah- “what?”

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

מַה־ mah- “whatever”