מִדְיָנִ֨ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִדְיָנִ֨ים

   mi-de-ya-NIM

   disputes
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמִ֤י מדונים מִדְיָנִ֨ים לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ

   le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh

   to whom quarrels disputes to whom complaining
3. clause🔊 לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי לְמִ֤י מדונים מִדְיָנִ֨ים לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם

   le-MI OI le-MI a-VOI le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh le-MI pe-TSA-EEM khi-NAM

   to whom woe to whom sorrow to whom quarrels disputes to whom complaining to whom wounds without cause
4. sentence🔊 לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי לְמִ֤י מדונים מִדְיָנִ֨ים לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם לְ֝מִ֗י חַכְלִל֥וּת עֵינָֽיִם׃

   le-MI OI le-MI a-VOI le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh le-MI pe-TSA-EEM khi-NAM le-MI khakh-li-LUT e-NA-yim

   to whom woe to whom sorrow to whom quarrels disputes to whom complaining to whom wounds without cause to whom redness of eyes

Exegesis

The nouns mĕḏônîm {מְדֻנִים | mə-ḏû-nîm} ‘contentions’ and midyānîm {מִדְיָנִים | mid-yā-nîm} ‘strifes’ highlight interpersonal conflict.

Root and etymology

y-m🔊 י־מyod–mem

“sea, large body of water”

• 🔊 יַמִּיםyammîmseasGenesis 1:10