Proverbs 18:14:6Prov.18.14.W6TAB
מִ֣י
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 yis-SA-en-na
- clause
ve-RU-akh ne-KHE-a MI yis-SA-en-na
- sentence
RU-akh-I-sh ye-khal-KEL ma-kha-LE-hu ve-RU-akh ne-KHE-a MI yis-SA-en-na
Exegesis
The interrogative particle mi {מִ֣י | mî} marks the question, completed by yissāʼennâ {יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה | yissāʼennâ} ‘can bear it’, with the feminine suffix personifying the spirit. The mirrored clause structure highlights the tension between endurance and collapse, and the semicolon in English captures the Hebrew disjunctive pause.
Root and etymology
m-y-m
“water(s)”
In context — Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man will sustain his sickness; but who can bear a wounded spirit?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 18:14, 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 Prov.18.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.14.W6.S1) and character.