Isaiah 23:8:1Isa.23.8.W1TAB
מִ֚י
mi
“who”
- Transliteration
- MI
- Extended
- MEE
- IPA
- /ˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
MI
- clause
MI ya-ATS ZOT al-TSOR ha-ma-a-ti-RA
- 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 context — Isaiah 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.