Job 14:13:1Job.14.13.W1TAB
מִ֤י
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 yit-TEN bish-e-OL tats-pe-NE-ni
- clause
MI yit-TEN bish-e-OL tats-pe-NE-ni tas-te-RE-ni ad-SHUV A-pe-kha
- sentence
MI yit-TEN bish-e-OL tats-pe-NE-ni tas-te-RE-ni ad-SHUV A-pe-kha ta-SHIT LI KHOK ve-tiz-ke-RE-ni
Exegesis
The verse opens with the optative idiom mi yitten {מִי יִתֵּן | mî yittēn} ‘if only it might be granted’, framing the entire line as a desperate wish rather than a question.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — Job 14:13
Would that You would hide me in Sheol , that You would conceal me until Your anger turns back, that You would set for me a statute, and that You would remember me.
About this coordinate
Job 14:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 14:13, so the Hebrew word מִ֤י (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 Job.14.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.13.W1.S1) and character.