מִ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִ֤י

   MI

   who
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִ֤י יְפַתֶּה֙

   MI ye-fa-TE

   who will entice
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה מִ֤י יְפַתֶּה֙ אֶת־אַחְאָ֣ב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְיַ֕עַל וְיִפֹּ֖ל בְּרָמ֣וֹת גִּלְעָ֑ד

   va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH MI ye-fa-TE et-a-KHA-av ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-AL ve-yip-POL be-ra-MOT gil-AD

   and he said the LORD who will entice {direct object} Ahab king of Israel and he will go up and he will fall at Ramoth Gilead
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה מִ֤י יְפַתֶּה֙ אֶת־אַחְאָ֣ב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְיַ֕עַל וְיִפֹּ֖ל בְּרָמ֣וֹת גִּלְעָ֑ד וַיֹּ֕אמֶר זֶ֚ה אֹמֵ֣ר כָּ֔כָה וְזֶ֖ה אֹמֵ֥ר כָּֽכָה׃

   va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH MI ye-fa-TE et-a-KHA-av ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-AL ve-yip-POL be-ra-MOT gil-AD va-YO-mer ZE o-MER KA-kha ve-ZE o-MER KA-kha

   and he said the LORD who will entice {direct object} Ahab king of Israel and he will go up and he will fall at Ramoth Gilead and he said this one saying thus and this one saying thus

Exegesis

The interrogative mî {מִי | mî} ‘who’ fronts the question, and the Piel imperfect yəp̄attê {יְפַתֶּה | yəp̄attê} ‘will entice’ conveys deliberate persuasion that leads toward a harmful end, fitting the courtroom-like council setting.

Root and etymology

phrase mī-kā-Yāh🔊 מִי־כָה־יָהּmī–kā–Yāh

“Who is like Yahweh?”