Job 13:19:1Job.13.19.W1TAB
מִי־ה֭וּא
mihu
“who is he”
- Transliteration
- mi-HU
- Extended
- mih-HOO
- IPA
- /miːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who is he
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-HU
- clause
mi-HU ya-RIV im-MA-di
- sentence
mi-HU ya-RIV im-MA-di ki-a-TA a-kha-RISH ve-eg-VA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the compact interrogative mi-hu {מִי־הוּא | mî-hûʾ} ‘who is he?’, a sharpened rhetorical question that challenges the existence of any viable opponent.
In context — Job 13:19
Who is he who will contend with me? For now, I will be silent and I will expire.
About this coordinate
Job 13:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 13:19, so the Hebrew word מִי־ה֭וּא (mihu) 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 Job.13.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.19.W1.S1) and character.