מִ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִ֣י

   MI

   who
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִ֣י גִדֵּ֔ל

   MI gi-DEL

   who has reared
3. clause🔊 גֹּלָ֣ה וְסוּרָ֗ה וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ מִ֣י גִדֵּ֔ל הֵ֤ן אֲנִי֙ נִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּי לְבַדִּ֔י אֵ֖לֶּה אֵיפֹ֥ה הֵֽם׃

   go-LA ve-su-RA ve-E-le MI gi-DEL HEN a-NI nish-ar-TI le-vad-DI E-le E-fo HEM

   exiled and turned aside and these who has reared look, behold I I was left alone, by myself these from where are they
4. sentence🔊 וְאָמַ֣רְתְּ בִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְ מִ֤י יָֽלַד־לִי֙ אֶת־אֵ֔לֶּה וַאֲנִ֥י שְׁכוּלָ֖ה וְגַלְמוּדָ֑ה גֹּלָ֣ה וְסוּרָ֗ה וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ מִ֣י גִדֵּ֔ל הֵ֤ן אֲנִי֙ נִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּי לְבַדִּ֔י אֵ֖לֶּה אֵיפֹ֥ה הֵֽם׃

   ve-a-MART bil-va-VEKH MI ya-LAD-li et-E-le va-a-NI she-KHU-la ve-gal-mu-DA go-LA ve-su-RA ve-E-le MI gi-DEL HEN a-NI nish-ar-TI le-vad-DI E-le E-fo HEM

   and you will say in your heart who has borne to me {direct object} these and I bereaved and barren or childless exiled and turned aside and these who has reared look, behold I I was left alone, by myself these from where are they

Exegesis

elleh {מִי … אֵלֶּה | mî … ʾêl-leh} frames astonished questions about unexpected children.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־מš–m

“name, renown”