Genesis 21:26:5Gen.21.26.W5TAB

מִ֥י

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. phraseyour reading level

    MI a-SA

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh LO ya-DA-e-ti MI a-SA et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh LO ya-DA-e-ti MI a-SA et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH ve-gam-a-TA lo-hig-GAD-ta LI ve-GAM a-no-KHI LO sha-MA-e-ti bil-TI ha-YOM

Root and etymology

m-y-m

water, liquid

In contextGenesis 21:26

And Abimelech said, “I did not know who did this matter ; you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today .”

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 21:26, 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 Gen.21.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.26.W5.S1) and character.