1 Samuel 17:26:181 Sam.17.26.W18TAB
מִ֗י
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
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KI MI
- clause
KI MI ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE KI khe-REF ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-o-me-DIM i-MO le-MOR ma-ye-a-SE la-ISH a-SHER ya-KE et-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-LAZ ve-he-SIR kher-PA me-AL yis-ra-EL KI MI ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE KI khe-REF ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
Exegesis
A second interrogative ki-mi {כִּי־מִי | kî-mî} ‘for who is’ heightens the challenge against ha-plishti he-arel ha-zeh {הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הֶעָרֵל הַזֶּה | happə-lîš-tî he-‘ā-rêl haz-zē} ‘this uncircumcised Philistine.’
Root and etymology
l-ch-mlamed–chet–mem
“to fight, wage war”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:26
And David said to the men standing with him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes disgrace from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should taunt the battle lines of the living God ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:26:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 17:26, so the Hebrew word מִ֗י (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.17.26.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.26.W18.S1) and character.