מָה

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

201. 1 Samuel 6:2 מַֽה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall send it to its place.

202. 1 Samuel 6:2 בַּמֶּ֖ה ba.Meh · Stands in for a person or thing

     And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall send it to its place.

203. 1 Samuel 6:3 לָ֛מָּה La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

204. 1 Samuel 6:4 מָ֣ה mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     Then said they, What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

205. 1 Samuel 6:6 וְלָ֤מָּה ve.La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

206. 1 Samuel 9:7 וּמַה־ u.mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

207. 1 Samuel 9:7 מָ֖ה mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

208. 1 Samuel 9:21 וְלָ֙מָּה֙ ve.La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?

209. 1 Samuel 10:2 מָ֥ה mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

210. 1 Samuel 10:11 מַה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

211. 1 Samuel 10:15 מָֽה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.

212. 1 Samuel 10:27 מַה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

213. 1 Samuel 11:5 מַה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

214. 1 Samuel 13:11 מֶ֣ה meh · Stands in for a person or thing

     And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;

215. 1 Samuel 14:38 בַּמָּ֗ה ba.Mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

216. 1 Samuel 14:41 לָמָּה La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     Therefore Saul said unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, Show the right. And Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot; but the people escaped.

217. 1 Samuel 14:43 מֶ֣ה meh · Stands in for a person or thing

     Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, lo, I must die.

218. 1 Samuel 15:14 וּמֶ֛ה u.Meh · Stands in for a person or thing

     And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

219. 1 Samuel 15:19 וְלָ֥מָּה ve.La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah?

220. 1 Samuel 17:8 לָ֥מָּה La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

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