[Avodah] Re Meh

[SBA]

From: hankman
<. My father alav hashalom always pointed out: grammatically we use mah with
a patach or kamatz except in front of a guttural letter (see eg Mah anu, Meh
chayeenu in Leolam yehei adam).
One exception: in the haftorah re Shaul and Amalek Shmuel hanavi says to
Shaul:   Meh Kol Hatzon?

Why Meh and not mah? Think about it -- what noise do sheep make? Me'e'eh
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CM notes:
My dikduk is almost nonexistent so I could easily be wrong, but I will stick
my neck out anyway even though I would be wiser not to venture an opinion.
I was told that mah or moh precedes what we would call a vowel  while meh
precedes what we would call a consonant. I imagine that a "guttural" letter
= a "vowel" or is there a difference?
The point being to make pronunciation easier.
An example:  Bameh madlikin ubamoh ain madlikin
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From: "Yossi Aron" <>

Sorry. Meh is almost always only in front of a guttural letter. Again I
refer you to Leolam yehei adam (and Neilah). Bameh is different --the rule I
cited relates to mah/meh on its own.