1 Samuel 23:22:101 Sam.23.22.W10TAB

מִ֥י

mi

who

Transliteration
MI
Extended
MIH
IPA
/ˈmiː/

Meaning by language

English
who

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    MI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    MI ra-A-hu

  3. clause

    le-KHU-NA ha-KHI-nu OD u-de-U u-re-U et-me-KO-mo a-SHER tih-ye-YE RAG-lo MI ra-A-hu SHAM

  4. sentence

    le-KHU-NA ha-KHI-nu OD u-de-U u-re-U et-me-KO-mo a-SHER tih-ye-YE RAG-lo MI ra-A-hu SHAM KI a-MAR E-lai a-ROM ya-e-RIM HU

Exegesis

The question mî rā-ʾā-hû šām {מִי רָאָהוּ שָׁם | mî rā-ʾā-hû šām} “who has seen him there” frames eyewitness inquiry.

Root and etymology

l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem

to fight

In context1 Samuel 23:22

Go now and make further preparation; learn and observe the place where his foot will be—who has seen him there—for I am told that he is crafty .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 23:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 23:22, so the Hebrew word מִ֥י (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.23.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.22.W10.S1) and character.