H4100–מָה–mah

Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.

מֶ֣ה meh “why?”

Then Joshua sent for them, and said to them, Why have you been false to us, saying, We are very far from you, when you are living among us?

לָמָּה֩ (מָּה֩) Mah “why?”

Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

This is what all the meeting of the people of the Lord has said, What is this wrong which you have done against the God of Israel, turning back this day from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, and being false to the Lord?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And you are to make no agreement with the people of this land; you are to see that their altars are broken down: but you have not given ear to my voice: what have you done?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Why did you keep quiet among the sheep, hearing nothing but the watchers piping to the flocks?

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Gilead was living over Jordan; and Dan was waiting in his ships; Asher kept in his place by the sea's edge, living by his inlets.

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us o

וְלָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

בַּמָּ֥ה (מָּ֥ה) Mah “how?”

And after hearing what they are saying, you will get strength to go down against the army. So he went down with his servant Purah to the outer line of the tents of the armed men.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?

מֶה־ meh- “what?”

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me d

מָ֤ה mah “whatever”

Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?

וְלָמָ֞ה (מָ֞ה) Mah “why?”

Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer

מַה־ mah- “what?”וּמֶ֥ה (מֶ֥ה) Meh “what?”