Job 17:15:5Job.17.15.W5TAB

מִ֣י

mi

who

Transliteration
MI
Extended
MEE
IPA
/ˈmiː/

Meaning by language

English
who

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    MI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    MI ye-shu-RE-na

  3. clause

    ve-tik-va-TI MI ye-shu-RE-na

  4. sentence

    ve-AI-ye E-fo tik-va-TI ve-tik-va-TI MI ye-shu-RE-na

Exegesis

The second clause is a verbless interrogative frame followed by the verb: mi {מִ֣י | mî} ‘who?’

Root and etymology

י־ו־ם

day, time

In contextJob 17:15

And where, then , is my hope? And my hope, who will see it?

About this coordinate

Job 17:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 17:15, so the Hebrew word מִ֣י (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.17.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.15.W5.S1) and character.