1 Samuel 14:17:81 Sam.14.17.W8TAB
מִ֖י
mi
“who”
- Transliteration
- MI
- Extended
- MEE
- IPA
- /ˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
MI
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL la-AM a-SHER i-TO pik-DU-na u-re-U MI ha-LAKH me-im-MA-nu
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL la-AM a-SHER i-TO pik-DU-na u-re-U MI ha-LAKH me-im-MA-nu va-yif-ke-DU ve-hin-NE EN yo-na-TAN ve-no-SE ke-LAV
Exegesis
The interrogative clause mi halakh me'immanu {מִי הָלַךְ מֵעִמָּנוּ | mî hā-laḵ mē-‘im-mānû} asks ‘who has departed from among us.’
Root and etymology
tav–mem–memt-m-m
“complete; whole”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:17
And Saul said to the people who were with him, “Please muster and see who has departed from among us.” So they mustered, and behold, Jonathan was not there, nor his armor-bearer .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 14:17, so the Hebrew word מִ֖י (mi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.14.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.17.W8.S1) and character.