H4100–מָה–mah

And the men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he did to us."

לָמָ֖ה (מָ֖ה) Mah “why?”

Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" And he said to them, "As they did to me, so have I done to them."

וּמַה־ (מַה) mah- “what?”

And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said to her, "Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to subdue him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."

בַּמֶּה֙ (מֶּה֙) Meh “how?”וּבַמֶּה֙ (מֶּה֙) Meh “how?”

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you."

בַּמֶּ֖ה (מֶּ֖ה) Meh “how?”וּבַמֶּ֥ה (מֶּ֥ה) Meh “how?”

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound."

בַּמֶּ֖ה (מֶּ֖ה) Meh “how?”

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies; tell me how you might be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and make it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

בַּמֶּ֖ה (מֶּ֖ה) Meh “how?”

And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me wherein your great strength lies."

בַּמֶּ֖ה (מֶּ֖ה) Meh “how?”

When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; and they turned aside and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?"

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

And when they came to their brethren at Zorah and Esh'ta-ol, their brethren said to them, "What do you report?"

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

Then the five men who had gone to spy out the country of La'ish said to their brethren, "Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, teraphim, a graven image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you will do."

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

And when these went into Micah's house and took the graven image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

And they shouted to the Danites, who turned round and said to Micah, "What ails you that you come with such a company?"

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And he said, "You take my gods which I made, and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? How then do you ask me, 'What ails you?'"

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

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What wickedness is this that has taken place among you?

מָ֚ה mah “what?”

And they said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"

לָמָ֗ה (מָ֗ה) Mah “why?”

What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives?"

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands?

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has brought me low, and the Almighty has afflicted me?

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

לָ֣מֶה (מֶה) meh “why?”וְלָ֙מֶה֙ (מֶה֙) meh “why?”וְלָ֖מֶה (מֶה) meh “why?”

And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people.

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Wherefore do ye trample upon my sacrifice and upon mine oblation which I have commanded [ergänzt: in my] habitation? And thou honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the primest of all the oblations of Israel my people.

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And he said, What is the word that he has spoken to thee? I pray thee, keep it not back from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou keep back anything from me of all the word that he spoke to thee.

מָ֤ה mah “what?”

And the people came into the camp; and the elders of Israel said, Why has Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch ourselves the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.

לָ֣מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, and said, What is the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah had come into the camp.

מֶ֠ה meh “what?”