2 Samuel 15:4:32 Sam.15.4.W3TAB
מִי־יְשִׂמֵ֥נִי
miyesimeni
“who will set me”
- Transliteration
- mi-ye-si-ME-ni
- Extended
- mih-yeh-see-MEH-nee
- IPA
- /miː.jə.siˈmeː.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who will set me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-ye-si-ME-ni
- phraseyour reading level
mi-ye-si-ME-ni sho-FET
- clause
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM mi-ye-si-ME-ni sho-FET ba-A-rets
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM mi-ye-si-ME-ni sho-FET ba-A-rets ve-a-LAI ya-VO kal-ISH a-she-re-yih-ye-LO-RIV u-mish-PAT ve-hits-dak-TIV
Exegesis
A rhetorical question begins with mi {מִי | mî} ‘who’ plus the imperfect mi-yesimeni {יְשִׂמֵ֥נִי | yəśimmênî} ‘would appoint me’, expressing desire for authority.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:4
And Absalom said, “Who will make me judge in the land, that every man who has a dispute or a case might come to me, and I would declare him right.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word מִי־יְשִׂמֵ֥נִי (miyesimeni) 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 Sam.15.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.4.W3.S1) and character.