MANNAFEST

Word Study · Strong's H4100

מָה

mâh

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?)

  • 752occurrencescanonical count
  • 500tagged (first 500)loaded book by book
  • 22books spannedamong tagged text

Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)

Definition

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 KJV usage: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

500 loaded (first 500)

The ledger of occurrences

Genesis63 occurrences
And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Genesis 2:19ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Genesis.

Genesis 2:19מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 3:13מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 4:6לָ֚מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 4:6וְלָ֖מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/PiGenesis 4:10מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPiGenesis 12:18לָ֚מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 12:18מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 12:19לָמָ֤הla.Mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 15:2מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 15:8בַּמָּ֥הba.Mah — <in> how?HR/PiGenesis 18:13לָ֣מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 20:9מֶֽה־meh- — what?HPiGenesis 20:9וּמֶֽה־u.meh- — and what?HC/PiGenesis 20:10מָ֣הmah — what?HPiGenesis 21:17מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 21:29מָ֣הmah — what?HPiGenesis 23:15מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 24:31לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 25:22לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 25:32וְלָמָּה־ve.la.mah- — and for what?HC/R/PiGenesis 26:10מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 27:20מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 27:37מָ֥הmah — what?HPiGenesis 27:45לָמָ֥הla.Mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 27:46לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 28:17מַה־mah- — how!HPiGenesis 29:15מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 29:25וְלָ֖מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/PiGenesis 29:25מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 30:31מָ֣הmah — what?HPiGenesis 31:26מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPiGenesis 31:27לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 31:30לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 31:32מָ֥הmah — what?HPiGenesis 31:36מַ֣הmah — what?HPiGenesis 31:36מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 31:37מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 31:43מָֽה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 32:27מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 32:29לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 33:15לָ֣מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 37:10מָ֛הmah — what?HPiGenesis 37:15מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 37:20מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 37:26מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 38:16מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 38:18מָ֣הmah — what?HPiGenesis 38:29מַה־mah- — how!HPiGenesis 39:8מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 42:1לָ֖מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 42:28מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 43:6לָמָ֥הla.Mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 44:4לָ֛מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 44:7לָ֚מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiGenesis 44:15מָֽה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 44:16מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 44:16מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 44:16וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiGenesis 46:33מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 47:3מַה־mah- — what?HPiGenesis 47:8כַּמָּ֕הka.Mah — how many?HR/PiGenesis 47:15וְלָ֥מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/PiGenesis 47:19לָ֧מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi
Exodus33 occurrences
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
Exodus 2:4ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Exodus.

Deuteronomy6 occurrences
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die.
Deuteronomy 5:25ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Deuteronomy.

Judges41 occurrences
And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
Judges 1:14ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Judges.

Judges 1:14מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 2:2מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 5:16לָ֣מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJudges 5:17לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJudges 6:13וְלָ֥מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/PiJudges 6:15בַּמָּ֥הba.Mah — <in> how?HR/PiJudges 7:11מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 8:1מָֽה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 8:2מֶה־meh- — what?HPiJudges 8:3וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJudges 9:2מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 9:48מָ֤הmah — whateverHPiJudges 11:12מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 12:3וְלָמָ֞הve.la.Mah — and <to> why?HC/R/PiJudges 13:8מַֽה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 13:12מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 13:18לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJudges 14:18וּמֶ֥הu.Meh — and what?HC/PiJudges 14:18מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 15:10לָמָ֖הla.Mah — <to> why?HR/PiJudges 15:11וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJudges 16:5בַּמֶּה֙ba.Meh — <in> how?HR/PiJudges 16:5וּבַמֶּה֙u.va.Meh — and <in> how?HC/R/PiJudges 16:6בַּמֶּ֖הba.Meh — <in> how?HR/PiJudges 16:6וּבַמֶּ֥הu.va.Meh — and <in> how?HC/R/PiJudges 16:10בַּמֶּ֖הba.Meh — <in> how?HR/PiJudges 16:13בַּמֶּ֖הba.Meh — <in> how?HR/PiJudges 16:15בַּמֶּ֖הba.Meh — <in> how?HR/PiJudges 18:3וּמָֽה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJudges 18:3וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJudges 18:8מָ֥הmah — what?HPiJudges 18:14מַֽה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 18:18מָ֥הmah — what?HPiJudges 18:23מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 18:24וּמַה־u.mah- — and why?HC/PiJudges 18:24וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJudges 18:24מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 20:12מָ֚הmah — what?HPiJudges 21:3לָמָ֗הla.Mah — <to> why?HR/PiJudges 21:7מַה־mah- — what?HPiJudges 21:16מַה־mah- — what?HPi
1 Samuel68 occurrences
And Elkanah her husband said unto 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?
1 Samuel 1:8ASV

The first tagged occurrence in 1 Samuel.

1 Samuel 1:8וְלָ֖מֶהve.La.meh — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 1:8וְלָ֙מֶה֙ve.La.meh — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 1:8לָ֣מֶהLa.meh — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 2:23לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 2:29לָ֣מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 3:17מָ֤הmah — what?HPi1 Samuel 4:3לָ֣מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 4:6מֶ֠הmeh — what?HPi1 Samuel 4:14מֶ֛הmeh — what?HPi1 Samuel 4:16מֶֽה־meh- — what?HPi1 Samuel 5:8מַֽה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 6:2מַֽה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 6:2בַּמֶּ֖הba.Meh — <in> how?HR/Pi1 Samuel 6:3לָ֛מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 6:4מָ֣הmah — what?HPi1 Samuel 6:6וְלָ֤מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 9:7וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/Pi1 Samuel 9:7מָ֖הmah — what?HPi1 Samuel 9:21וְלָ֙מָּה֙ve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 10:2מָ֥הmah — what?HPi1 Samuel 10:11מַה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 10:15מָֽה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 10:27מַה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 11:5מַה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 13:11מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPi1 Samuel 14:38בַּמָּ֗הba.Mah — <in> how?HR/Pi1 Samuel 14:41לָמָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 14:43מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPi1 Samuel 15:14וּמֶ֛הu.Meh — and what?HC/Pi1 Samuel 15:19וְלָ֥מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 17:8לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 17:26מַה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 17:28לָמָּה־la.mah- — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 17:29מֶ֥הmeh — what?HPi1 Samuel 19:3מָ֖הmah — whateverHPi1 Samuel 19:5וְלָ֤מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 19:17לָמָ֥הla.Mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 19:17לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 20:1וּמֶֽה־u.meh- — and what?HC/Pi1 Samuel 20:1מֶ֤הmeh — what?HPi1 Samuel 20:1מֶֽה־meh- — what?HPi1 Samuel 20:4מַה־mah- — whateverHPi1 Samuel 20:8לָמָּה־la.mah- — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 20:10מַה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 20:32מֶ֥הmeh — what?HPi1 Samuel 20:32לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 21:3מַה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 21:14לָ֛מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 22:3מַה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 22:13לָ֚מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 24:9לָ֧מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 25:17מַֽה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 26:15וְלָ֙מָּה֙ve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 26:18מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPi1 Samuel 26:18וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/Pi1 Samuel 26:18לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 27:5וְלָ֨מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 28:9וְלָמָ֥הve.la.Mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 28:12לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 28:13מָ֣הmah — what?HPi1 Samuel 28:14מַֽה־mah- — what?HPi1 Samuel 28:15לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi1 Samuel 28:15מָ֥הmah — what?HPi1 Samuel 28:16וְלָ֖מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 29:3מָ֖הmah — what?HPi1 Samuel 29:4וּבַמֶּ֗הu.va.Meh — and <in> how?HC/R/Pi1 Samuel 29:8וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/Pi1 Samuel 29:8מֶ֤הmeh — what?HPi
2 Samuel45 occurrences
And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
2 Samuel 1:4ASV

The first tagged occurrence in 2 Samuel.

2 Samuel 1:4מֶה־meh- — what?HPi2 Samuel 2:22לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 3:24לָמָּה־la.mah- — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 3:24מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPi2 Samuel 6:20מַה־mah- — how!HPi2 Samuel 7:7לָ֛מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 7:20וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/Pi2 Samuel 9:8מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPi2 Samuel 11:21לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 12:21מָֽה־mah- — what?HPi2 Samuel 12:23לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 13:26לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 14:5מַה־mah- — what?HPi2 Samuel 14:13וְלָ֧מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi2 Samuel 14:31לָ֣מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 14:32לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 15:19לָ֧מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 16:2מָה־mah- — what?HPi2 Samuel 16:9לָ֣מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 16:10מַה־mah- — what?HPi2 Samuel 16:17לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 16:20מַֽה־mah- — what?HPi2 Samuel 17:5מַה־mah- — what?HPi2 Samuel 18:22לָֽמָּה־la.mah- — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 18:22מָ֔הMah — whateverHPi2 Samuel 18:23מָ֣הmah — whateverHPi2 Samuel 18:29מָֽה׃Mah — whateverHPi2 Samuel 19:10לָמָ֥הla.Mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 19:11לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 19:12וְלָ֧מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi2 Samuel 19:22מַה־mah- — what?HPi2 Samuel 19:25לָ֛מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 19:28וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/Pi2 Samuel 19:29לָ֛מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 19:34כַּמָּ֗הka.Mah — how many?HR/Pi2 Samuel 19:35וְלָמָּה֩ve.la.Mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi2 Samuel 19:36וְלָ֙מָּה֙ve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi2 Samuel 19:42וְלָ֤מָּהve.La.mah — and <to> why?HC/R/Pi2 Samuel 20:19לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 21:3מָ֥הmah — what?HPi2 Samuel 21:3וּבַמָּ֣הu.va.Mah — and <in> how?HC/R/Pi2 Samuel 21:4מָֽה־mah- — what?HPi2 Samuel 24:3לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/Pi2 Samuel 24:13מָה־mah- — what?HPi2 Samuel 24:17מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPi
1 Kings18 occurrences
2 Kings24 occurrences
1 Chronicles8 occurrences
2 Chronicles18 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Ezra 9:10ASV

The first tagged occurrence in Ezra.

Esther18 occurrences
Job14 occurrences
Ecclesiastes28 occurrences
Isaiah29 occurrences
Jeremiah50 occurrences
Jeremiah 1:11מָה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 1:13מָ֥הmah — what?HPiJeremiah 2:5מַה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 2:18וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJeremiah 2:18מַה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 2:23מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPiJeremiah 2:29לָ֥מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 2:33מַה־mah- — how!HPiJeremiah 2:36מַה־mah- — why?HPiJeremiah 4:30מַֽה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 5:15מַה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 5:19מֶ֗הMeh — what?HPiJeremiah 5:31וּמַֽה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJeremiah 6:20לָמָּה־la.mah- — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 7:17מָ֛הmah — what?HPiJeremiah 8:6מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPiJeremiah 8:9מֶ֖הmeh — what?HPiJeremiah 8:14מָה֙mah — what?HPiJeremiah 9:12מָה֙mah — what?HPiJeremiah 11:15מֶ֣הmeh — what?HPiJeremiah 13:21מַה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 14:8לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 14:9לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 15:18לָ֣מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 16:10וּמֶ֣הu.Meh — and what?HC/PiJeremiah 16:10מֶה֩meh — what?HPiJeremiah 16:10וּמֶ֤הu.Meh — and what?HC/PiJeremiah 20:18לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 22:8מֶ֨הmeh — what?HPiJeremiah 22:23מַה־mah- — how!HPiJeremiah 23:28מַה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 23:33מַה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 23:33מַה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 23:35מֶה־meh- — what?HPiJeremiah 23:35וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJeremiah 23:37מֶה־meh- — what?HPiJeremiah 23:37וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJeremiah 24:3מָֽה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 27:13לָ֤מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 27:17לָ֧מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 29:27לָ֚מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 30:15מַה־mah- — why?HPiJeremiah 33:24מָֽה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 37:18מֶה֩meh — what?HPiJeremiah 38:25מַה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 38:25וּמַה־u.mah- — and what?HC/PiJeremiah 40:15לָ֧מָּהLa.mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 44:7לָמָה֩la.Mah — <to> why?HR/PiJeremiah 48:19מַה־mah- — what?HPiJeremiah 49:4מַה־mah- — why?HPi
Ezekiel16 occurrences
Daniel3 occurrences
Hosea6 occurrences
Amos4 occurrences
Habakkuk5 occurrences
Haggai2 occurrences
Hebrew text and word tagging: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain).