Job 17:3:4Job.17.3.W4TAB

מִֽי

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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Word in context

  1. word

    MI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    MI HU

  3. clause

    MI HU le-ya-DI yit-ta-KE-a

  4. sentence

    si-MA-na ar-VE-ni i-MAKH MI HU le-ya-DI yit-ta-KE-a

Exegesis

The clause mi hu {מִֽי ה֝֗וּא | mî hûʾ} forms a rhetorical question, pressing the point that no other party is available or willing.

Root and etymology

י־ו־ם

day, time

In contextJob 17:3

Set it down, please; be surety for me with you; who is he that will strike hands with me?

About this coordinate

Job 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 17:3, so the Hebrew word מִֽי (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.17.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.3.W4.S1) and character.