Isaiah 23:8:1Isa.23.8.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 ya-ATS ZOT al-TSOR ha-ma-a-ti-RA

  3. sentence

    MI ya-ATS ZOT al-TSOR ha-ma-a-ti-RA a-SHER so-kha-re-HA sa-RIM kin-a-ne-HA nikh-va-DE-a-RETS

Exegesis

The verse opens with the interrogative pronoun mi {מִי | mî} ‘who’, setting a rhetorical question.

In contextIsaiah 23:8

Who has given this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honored of the earth?

About this coordinate

Isaiah 23:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 23:8, 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 Isa.23.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.8.W1.S1) and character.