מִ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִ֣י

   MI

   who
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ׃

   MI yo-DE-a

   who knows
3. clause🔊 וּפִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ׃

   u-FID she-NE-hem MI yo-DE-a

   and the ruin of them both who knows
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־פִ֭תְאֹם יָק֣וּם אֵידָ֑ם וּפִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ׃

   KI-fit-OM ya-KUM e-DAM u-FID she-NE-hem MI yo-DE-a

   for suddenly will arise their calamity and the ruin of them both who knows

Exegesis

The interrogative mî {מִי | mî} ‘who’ together with the participle yōḏēaʿ {יוֹדֵעַ | yōḏēaʿ} ‘knows’ forms a rhetorical question that underscores human inability to anticipate complete destruction.

Root and etymology

ח־כ־ם🔊 ḥ-k-m

“wise, skillful”

• 🔊 חָכְמָהḥā-kô-māhwisdomProverbs 1:2