2 Kings 18:35:12 Kgs.18.35.W1TAB

מִ֚י

mi

who

Transliteration
MI
Extended
MEE
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. clause

    MI be-KHOL-e-lo-HE ha-a-ra-TSOT a-sher-hits-TSI-lu et-a-re-TSAM mi-ya-DI

  3. sentence

    MI be-KHOL-e-lo-HE ha-a-ra-TSOT a-sher-hits-TSI-lu et-a-re-TSAM mi-ya-DI ki-yats-TSIL ye-ho-VAH et-ye-ru-sha-LIM mi-ya-DI

Exegesis

The verse opens with the interrogative mi {מִי | mî} ‘who’, posing a rhetorical challenge.

Root and etymology

ʾ-r-m

Aramean

In context2 Kings 18:35

Who of all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?

About this coordinate

2 Kings 18:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:35, so the Hebrew word מִ֚י (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 2 Kgs.18.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.35.W1.S1) and character.