Job 39:5:6Job.39.5.W6TAB

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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Word in context

  1. word

    MI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    MI pit-TE-akh

  3. clause

    u-MO-se-rot a-ROD MI pit-TE-akh

  4. sentence

    MI-shi-LAKH PE-re khof-SHI u-MO-se-rot a-ROD MI pit-TE-akh

Exegesis

The verse employs synonymous parallelism introduced by mi {מִי | mî} “who,” forming two related interrogative clauses.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–mem–nun

to trust, believe

In contextJob 39:5

Who has set the wild donkey free, and who has loosed the bonds of the wild ass?

About this coordinate

Job 39:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 39:5, 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.39.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.39.5.W6.S1) and character.