מִ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִ֤י

   MI

   who
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י מִ֤י עָמַד֙

   KI MI a-MAD

   for who stood
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י מִ֤י עָמַד֙ בְּס֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה וְיֵ֖רֶא וְיִשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־דְּבָר֑וֹ

   KI MI a-MAD be-SOD Ye-ho-VAH ve-ye-RE ve-yish-me-A ET-de-va-RO

   for who stood in the council of the LORD and saw and heard {direct object} his word
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י מִ֤י עָמַד֙ בְּס֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה וְיֵ֖רֶא וְיִשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־דְּבָר֑וֹ מִֽי־הִקְשִׁ֥יב דברי דְּבָר֖וֹ וַיִּשְׁמָֽע׃

   KI MI a-MAD be-SOD Ye-ho-VAH ve-ye-RE ve-yish-me-A ET-de-va-RO MI-hik-SHIV div-RE de-va-RO va-yish-MA

   for who stood in the council of the LORD and saw and heard {direct object} his word who paid attention words of his word and listened

Exegesis

The verse opens with the interrogative expression ki mi {כִּי מִי | kî mî} ‘for who’, introducing a rhetorical challenge to prophetic authority.

Root and etymology

“heavens, sky”