Judges 20:18:9Judg.20.18.W9TAB
מִ֚י
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
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MI
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH ye-hu-DA ba-te-khi-LA
Exegesis
The interrogative mî {מִי | mî} ‘who’ frames the direct question, modified by the imperfect ya‘ăle-lānû {יַעֲלֶה־לָנוּ | ya‘ăle-lānû} ‘will go up for us’ and the priority phrase baṯ-tᵊḥillāh {בַּתְּחִלָּה | baṯ-tᵊḥillāh} ‘first’.
Root and etymology
שׁ-ל-םshin–lamed–mem
“to be whole, peace”
In context — Judges 20:18
And they rose and went up to Bethel, and they asked of God . The sons of Israel said, “Who shall go up first for us in battle against the sons of Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up first.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 20:18, so the Hebrew word מִ֚י (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 Judg.20.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.18.W9.S1) and character.