H4100–מָה–mah

Yahweh said to Joshua, Get you up; why are you thus fallen on your face?

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Joshua said to Achan, My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; don't hide it from me.

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? Yahweh shall trouble you this day. All Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

מֶ֣ה meh “why?”

Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?

לָמָּה֩ (מָּה֩) Mah “why?”

It happened, when she came [ergänzt: to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said, What would you?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

and if we have not [ergänzt: rather] out of carefulness done this, [ergänzt: and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

It happened, when she came [ergänzt: to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, What would you?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars. But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Why sat you among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, Abode by his creeks.

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt? but now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.

וְלָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

He said to him, Oh, Lord, with which shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

בַּמָּ֥ה (מָּ֥ה) Mah “how?”

and you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

The men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian? They did chide with him sharply.

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

He said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

מֶה־ meh- “what?”

God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Abimelech got him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with him, What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

מָ֤ה mah “whatever”

Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come to me to fight against my land?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

When I saw that you didn't save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand: why then are you come up to me this day, to fight against me?

וְלָמָ֞ה (מָ֞ה) Mah “why?”

Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child who shall be born.

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

Manoah said, Now let your words happen: what shall be the ordering of the child, and [ergänzt: how] shall we do to him?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why do you ask after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? He said to them, If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, You wouldn't have found out my riddle.

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