2 Samuel 22:32:22 Sam.22.32.W2TAB
מִי־אֵ֖ל
miel
“who is God”
- Transliteration
- MI-EL
- Extended
- MEE-EEL
- IPA
- /miː.ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- who is God
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MI-EL
- phraseyour reading level
KI MI-EL
- clause
KI MI-EL mi-bal-a-DE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
KI MI-EL mi-bal-a-DE ye-ho-VAH u-MI TSUR mi-bal-a-DE e-lo-HE-nu
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal emphasis leading into a rhetorical question with mi {מִי | mî} ‘who’.
A chiastic parallelism links the divine titles el {אֵל | ʾēl} ‘God’ and tsur {צוּר | ṣūr} ‘rock’, each governed by mi-ba‘aldei {מִבַּלְעֲדֵי | mib-ba-‘ă-ḏêy} ‘apart from, excluding’ to underscore the exclusivity of the LORD YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} and our God elohenu {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ʾĕ-lō-hêy-nû}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“mighty one”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:32
For who is God except the LORD ? And who is a rock except our God ?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:32, so the Hebrew word מִי־אֵ֖ל (miel) 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.22.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.32.W2.S1) and character.