וּֽמִ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּֽמִ֥י

   u-MI

   and who
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּֽמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃

   u-MI ye-shi-VE-na

   and who will turn it back
3. clause🔊 וְיָד֥וֹ הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה וּֽמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃

   ve-ya-DO han-ne-tu-YA u-MI ye-shi-VE-na

   and his hand the stretched out and who will turn it back
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת יָעָ֖ץ וּמִ֣י יָפֵ֑ר וְיָד֥וֹ הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה וּֽמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃

   ki-Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ya-ATS u-MI ya-FER ve-ya-DO han-ne-tu-YA u-MI ye-shi-VE-na

   for the LORD of hosts has purposed and who will annul and his hand the stretched out and who will turn it back

Exegesis

Two rhetorical questions, umi yafer {וּמִ֣י יָפֵ֑ר | ū-mi yā-pêr} and umi yeshivenah {וּֽמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה | ū-mi yĕ-šî-ve-nā}, emphasize the impossibility of humans annulling or reversing God’s will.