H4100–מָה–mah

And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news to Eli.

מֶ֛ה meh “what?”

And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?

מֶֽה־ meh- “what?”

So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Isra

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”

And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?

מַֽה־ mah- “what?”בַּמֶּ֖ה (מֶּ֖ה) Meh “how?”

And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it without an offering, but send him a sin-offering with it: then you will have peace again, and it will be clear to you why the weight of his hand has not been lifted from you.

לָ֛מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Then they said, What sin-offering are we to send to him? And they said, Five gold images of the growths caused by your disease and five gold mice, one for every lord of the Philistines: for the same disease came on you and on your lords.

מָ֣ה mah “what?”

Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away?

וְלָ֤מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Then Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what are we to take the man? all our bread is gone, and we have no offering to take to the man of God: what are we to do?

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

And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?

וְלָ֙מָּה֙ (מָּה֙) mah “why?”

When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer fo

מָ֥ה mah “what?”

Now when Saul's old friends saw him among the band of prophets, the people said to one another, What has come to Saul, the son of Kish? Is even Saul among the prophets?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Then he said, And what did Samuel say to you?

מָֽה־ mah- “what?”

But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.

בַּמָּ֗ה (מָּ֗ה) Mah “how?”

Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul

לָמָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.

מֶ֣ה meh “what?”

And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?

וּמֶ֛ה (מֶ֛ה) Meh “what?”

Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?

וְלָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

לָ֥מָּה (מָּה) mah “why?”

And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

מַה־ mah- “what?”

And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evi

לָמָּה־ (מָּה) mah- “why?”

And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?

מֶ֥ה meh “what?”

And I will go out and take my place by my father's side in the field near where you are; and I will get into talk with my father about you, and when I see how things are, I will give you word.

מָ֖ה mah “whatever”