Jeremiah 18:13:7Jer.18.13.W7TAB
מִ֥י
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
- phraseyour reading level
MI sha-MA
- clause
la-KHEN KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH sha-a-LU-na ba-go-YIM MI sha-MA ka-E-le
- sentence
la-KHEN KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH sha-a-LU-na ba-go-YIM MI sha-MA ka-E-le sha-a-ru-RIT a-se-TA me-OD be-tu-LAT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
This is followed by the rhetorical question mî šāmaʿ kāʼê·lêh {מִי שָׁמַע כָּאֵלֶּה | mî šā·maʿ kā·ʼê·lêh} ‘Who has heard anything like this?’—the comparative kā·ʼê·lêh intensifying the uniqueness of what follows.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–yod–mem
“water, waters”
In context — Jeremiah 18:13
Therefore, thus says the LORD : “Ask among the nations, ‘Who has ever heard anything like this?’ The virgin of Israel has done a horrible thing , exceedingly so.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 18:13, 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 Jer.18.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.13.W7.S1) and character.