מִי
who
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Genesis 17 verses
- Genesis 3:11 מִ֚י ptcl inter God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
- Genesis 19:12 מִֽי ptcl inter The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:
- Genesis 21:7 מִ֤י ptcl inter She said, "Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age."
- Genesis 21:26 מִ֥י ptcl inter Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
- Genesis 24:23 מִ֣י ptcl inter and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
- Genesis 24:47 מִ֣י ptcl inter I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
- Genesis 24:65 מִֽי ptcl inter She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." She took her veil, and covered herself.
- Genesis 27:18 מִ֥י ptcl inter He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"
- Genesis 27:32 מִי ptcl inter Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
- Genesis 27:33 מִֽי ptcl inter Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
- Genesis 32:17 לְ/מִי וּ/לְ/מִ֖י prep + ptcl inter conj + prep + ptcl inter He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?'
- Genesis 33:5 מִי ptcl inter He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, "Who are these with you?" He said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."
- Genesis 33:8 מִ֥י ptcl inter Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
- Genesis 38:25 לְ/מִ֞י prep + ptcl inter When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these-- the signet, and the cords, and the staff."
- Genesis 43:22 מִי ptcl inter We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don't know who put our money in our sacks."
- Genesis 48:8 מִי ptcl inter Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"
- Genesis 49:9 מִ֥י ptcl inter Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, As a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
Exodus 11 verses
- Exodus 2:14 מִ֣י ptcl inter He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
- Exodus 3:11 מִ֣י ptcl inter Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
- Exodus 4:11 מִ֣י מִֽי ptcl inter ptcl inter Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?
- Exodus 5:2 מִ֤י ptcl inter Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
- Exodus 10:8 מִ֥י וָ/מִ֖י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those who will go?"
- Exodus 15:11 מִֽי מִ֥י ptcl inter ptcl inter Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Exodus 16:3 מִֽי ptcl inter and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
- Exodus 24:14 מִי ptcl inter He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."
- Exodus 32:24 לְ/מִ֣י prep + ptcl inter I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."
- Exodus 32:26 מִ֥י ptcl inter then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
- Exodus 32:33 מִ֚י ptcl inter Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Numbers 7 verses
- Numbers 11:4 מִ֥י ptcl inter The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
- Numbers 11:18 מִ֤י ptcl inter Say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you shall eat.
- Numbers 11:29 וּ/מִ֨י conj + ptcl inter Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? would that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!
- Numbers 22:9 מִ֛י ptcl inter God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?
- Numbers 23:10 מִ֤י ptcl inter Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be like his!
- Numbers 24:9 מִ֣י ptcl inter He couched, he lay down as a lion, As a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be everyone who blesses you, Cursed be everyone who curses you.
- Numbers 24:23 מִ֥י ptcl inter He took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this?
Deuteronomy 15 verses
- Deuteronomy 3:24 מִי ptcl inter Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to your works, and according to your mighty acts?
- Deuteronomy 4:7 מִי ptcl inter For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
- Deuteronomy 4:8 וּ/מִי֙ conj + ptcl inter What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
- Deuteronomy 5:26 מִ֣י ptcl inter For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
- Deuteronomy 5:29 מִֽי ptcl inter Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
- Deuteronomy 9:2 מִ֣י ptcl inter a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
- Deuteronomy 20:5 מִֽי ptcl inter The officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
- Deuteronomy 20:6 וּ/מִֽי conj + ptcl inter What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used the fruit of it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit of it.
- Deuteronomy 20:7 וּ/מִֽי conj + ptcl inter What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
- Deuteronomy 20:8 מִי ptcl inter The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart.
- Deuteronomy 21:1 מִ֥י ptcl inter If one be found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known who has struck him;
- Deuteronomy 28:67 מִֽי מִֽי ptcl inter ptcl inter In the morning you shall say, Would it were even! and at even you shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
- Deuteronomy 30:12 מִ֣י ptcl inter It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?
- Deuteronomy 30:13 מִ֣י ptcl inter Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?
- Deuteronomy 33:29 מִ֣י ptcl inter Happy are you, Israel: Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, The shield of your help, The sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you; You shall tread on their high places.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 9:8 מִ֥י ptcl inter They said to Joshua, We are your servants. Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from whence come you?
- Joshua 24:15 מִ֣י ptcl inter If it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.
Judges 13 verses
- Judges 1:1 מִ֣י ptcl inter It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
- Judges 6:29 מִ֥י ptcl inter They said one to another, Who has done this thing? When they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.
- Judges 7:3 מִֽי ptcl inter Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead. There returned of the people twenty-two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
- Judges 9:28 מִֽי וּ/מִֽי ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve you the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?
- Judges 9:29 וּ/מִ֨י conj + ptcl inter Would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. He said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out.
- Judges 9:38 מִ֥י ptcl inter Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, that you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that you have despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.
- Judges 10:18 מִ֣י ptcl inter The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
- Judges 13:17 מִ֣י ptcl inter Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?
- Judges 15:6 מִ֣י ptcl inter Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion. The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
- Judges 18:3 מִֽי ptcl inter When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, Who brought you here? and what do you in this place? and what have you here?
- Judges 20:18 מִ֚י ptcl inter The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? Yahweh said, Judah [shall go up] first.
- Judges 21:5 מִ֠י ptcl inter The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
- Judges 21:8 מִ֗י ptcl inter They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
Ruth 3 verses
- Ruth 2:5 לְ/מִ֖י prep + ptcl inter Then said Boaz to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose young lady is this?
- Ruth 3:9 מִי ptcl inter He said, Who are you? She answered, I am Ruth your handmaid: spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.
- Ruth 3:16 מִי ptcl inter When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? She told her all that the man had done to her.
1 Samuel 26 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:25 מִ֖י ptcl inter If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them.
- 1 Samuel 4:8 מִ֣י ptcl inter Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.
- 1 Samuel 6:20 מִ֚י מִ֖י ptcl inter ptcl inter The men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
- 1 Samuel 9:20 וּ/לְ/מִי֙ conj + prep + ptcl inter As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?
- 1 Samuel 10:12 וּ/מִ֣י conj + ptcl inter One of the same place answered, Who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 1 Samuel 11:12 מִ֣י ptcl inter The people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
- 1 Samuel 12:3 מִ֨י מִ֣י מִ֤י מִ֣י מִי֙ ptcl inter ptcl inter ptcl inter ptcl inter ptcl inter Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- 1 Samuel 14:17 מִ֖י ptcl inter Then said Saul to the people who were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. When they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
- 1 Samuel 17:26 מִ֗י ptcl inter David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
- 1 Samuel 17:28 מִ֨י ptcl inter Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.
- 1 Samuel 17:55 מִי ptcl inter When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell.
- 1 Samuel 17:56 מִי ptcl inter The king said, "Inquire whose son the young man is!"
- 1 Samuel 17:58 מִ֥י ptcl inter Saul said to him, Whose son are you, you young man? David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
- 1 Samuel 18:18 מִ֤י וּ/מִ֣י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
- 1 Samuel 20:10 מִ֖י ptcl inter Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance your father answer you roughly?
- 1 Samuel 22:14 וּ/מִ֤י conj + ptcl inter Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
- 1 Samuel 23:22 מִ֥י ptcl inter Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
- 1 Samuel 24:14 מִ֤י מִ֖י ptcl inter ptcl inter After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- 1 Samuel 25:10 מִ֥י וּ/מִ֣י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master.
- 1 Samuel 26:6 מִֽי ptcl inter Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? Abishai said, I will go down with you.
- 1 Samuel 26:9 מִ֣י ptcl inter David said to Abishai, Don't destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless?
- 1 Samuel 26:14 מִ֥י ptcl inter and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Don't you answer, Abner? Then Abner answered, Who are you who cries to the king?
- 1 Samuel 26:15 וּ/מִ֤י conj + ptcl inter David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.
- 1 Samuel 28:11 מִ֖י ptcl inter Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to you? He said, Bring me up Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 30:13 לְֽ/מִי prep + ptcl inter David said to him, To whom belong you? and whence are you? He said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
- 1 Samuel 30:24 וּ/מִי֙ conj + ptcl inter Who will listen to you in this matter? for as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries by the baggage: they shall share alike.
2 Samuel 14 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:8 מִי ptcl inter He said to me, Who are you? I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
- 2 Samuel 3:12 לְ/מִי prep + ptcl inter Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
- 2 Samuel 7:18 מִ֣י וּ/מִ֣י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
- 2 Samuel 7:23 וּ/מִ֤י conj + ptcl inter What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?
- 2 Samuel 11:21 מִֽי ptcl inter who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then shall you say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
- 2 Samuel 12:22 מִ֣י ptcl inter He said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
- 2 Samuel 15:4 מִי ptcl inter Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!
- 2 Samuel 16:10 וּ/מִ֣י conj + ptcl inter The king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, Curse David; who then shall say, Why have you done so?
- 2 Samuel 16:19 לְ/מִי֙ prep + ptcl inter Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence.
- 2 Samuel 18:12 מִ֕י ptcl inter The man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [pieces of] silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 18:33 מִֽי ptcl inter The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!
- 2 Samuel 20:11 מִי֩ וּ/מִ֥י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.
- 2 Samuel 22:32 מִי וּ/מִ֥י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter For who is God, save Yahweh? Who is a rock, save our God?
- 2 Samuel 23:15 מִ֚י ptcl inter David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
1 Kings 5 verses
- 1 Kings 1:20 מִ֗י ptcl inter You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
- 1 Kings 1:27 מִ֗י ptcl inter Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
- 1 Kings 3:9 מִ֤י ptcl inter Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?
- 1 Kings 20:14 בְּ/מִ֔י מִֽי prep + ptcl inter ptcl inter Ahab said, By whom? He said, Thus says Yahweh, By the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? He answered, You.
- 1 Kings 22:20 מִ֤י ptcl inter Yahweh said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? One said on this manner; and another said on that manner.
2 Kings 8 verses
- 2 Kings 6:11 מִ֥י ptcl inter The heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Won't you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
- 2 Kings 9:5 מִ֣י ptcl inter When he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to you, captain. Jehu said, To which of us all? He said, To you, O captain.
- 2 Kings 9:32 מִ֥י מִ֑י ptcl inter ptcl inter He lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? There looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
- 2 Kings 10:9 וּ/מִ֥י conj + ptcl inter It happened in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him; but who struck all these?
- 2 Kings 10:13 מִ֣י ptcl inter Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? They answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah: and we go down to Greet the children of the king and the children of the queen.
- 2 Kings 18:20 מִ֣י ptcl inter You say (but they are but vain words), [There is] counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
- 2 Kings 18:35 מִ֚י ptcl inter Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
- 2 Kings 19:22 מִ֤י מִ֖י ptcl inter ptcl inter Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
1 Chronicles 5 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:17 מִ֚י ptcl inter David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
- 1 Chronicles 17:16 מִֽי וּ/מִ֣י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
- 1 Chronicles 17:21 וּ/מִי֙ conj + ptcl inter What one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeem out of Egypt?
- 1 Chronicles 29:5 וּ/מִ֣י conj + ptcl inter of gold for the [things of] gold, and of silver for the [things of] silver, and for all manner of work [to be made] by the hands of artificers. Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to Yahweh?
- 1 Chronicles 29:14 מִ֤י וּ/מִ֣י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come of you, and of your own have we given you.
2 Chronicles 5 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:10 מִ֣י ptcl inter Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?
- 2 Chronicles 2:6 וּ/מִ֤י וּ/מִ֤י conj + ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
- 2 Chronicles 18:19 מִ֤י ptcl inter Yahweh said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? One spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
- 2 Chronicles 32:14 מִ֠י ptcl inter Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 מִֽי ptcl inter Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Esther 4 verses
- Esther 4:14 וּ/מִ֣י conj + ptcl inter For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish: and who knows whether you haven't come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
- Esther 6:4 מִ֣י ptcl inter The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
- Esther 6:6 לְ/מִ֞י prep + ptcl inter So Haman came in. The king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?
- Esther 7:5 מִ֣י ptcl inter Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dared presume in his heart to do so?
Job 49 verses
- Job 4:2 מִ֣י ptcl inter "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
- Job 4:7 מִ֤י ptcl inter "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
- Job 5:1 מִ֖י ptcl inter "Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Job 6:8 מִֽי ptcl inter "Oh that I might have my request; That God would grant the thing that I long for!
- Job 9:4 מִֽי ptcl inter God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
- Job 9:12 מִ֣י מִֽי ptcl inter ptcl inter Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
- Job 9:19 מִ֣י ptcl inter If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'
- Job 9:24 מִי ptcl inter The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not he, then who is it?
- Job 11:5 מִֽי ptcl inter But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against you,
- Job 11:10 וּ/מִ֣י conj + ptcl inter If he passes by, or confines, Or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
- Job 12:3 מִי ptcl inter But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
- Job 12:9 מִ֭י ptcl inter Who doesn't know that in all these, The hand of Yahweh has done this,
- Job 13:5 מִֽי ptcl inter Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
- Job 13:19 מִי ptcl inter Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
- Job 14:4 מִֽי ptcl inter Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
- Job 14:13 מִ֤י ptcl inter "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
- Job 17:3 מִֽי ptcl inter "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
- Job 17:15 מִ֣י ptcl inter Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?
- Job 19:23 מִֽי מִֽי ptcl inter ptcl inter "Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
- Job 21:31 מִֽי מִ֣י ptcl inter ptcl inter Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?
- Job 23:3 מִֽי ptcl inter Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
- Job 23:13 וּ/מִ֣י conj + ptcl inter But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
- Job 24:25 מִ֣י ptcl inter If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
- Job 25:3 מִ֝֗י ptcl inter Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
- Job 26:4 מִ֭י מִ֝י ptcl inter ptcl inter To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
- Job 26:14 מִ֣י ptcl inter Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
- Job 29:2 מִֽי ptcl inter "Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
- Job 31:31 מִֽי ptcl inter If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
- Job 31:35 מִ֤י ptcl inter Oh that I had one to hear me! (Behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); Let the accuser write my indictment!
- Job 34:7 מִי ptcl inter What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,
- Job 34:13 מִֽי וּ/מִ֥י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
- Job 34:29 וּ/מִ֥י וּ/מִ֣י conj + ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man:
- Job 36:22 מִ֖י ptcl inter Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
- Job 36:23 מִֽי וּ/מִֽי ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'
- Job 38:2 מִ֤י ptcl inter "Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
- Job 38:5 מִי מִֽי ptcl inter ptcl inter Who determined the measures of it, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
- Job 38:6 מִֽי ptcl inter Whereupon were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
- Job 38:25 מִֽי ptcl inter Who has cut a channel for the flood water, Or the path for the thunderstorm;
- Job 38:28 מִי ptcl inter Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
- Job 38:29 מִ֭י מִ֣י ptcl inter ptcl inter Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?
- Job 38:36 מִי מִֽי ptcl inter ptcl inter Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
- Job 38:37 מִֽי מִ֣י ptcl inter ptcl inter Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
- Job 38:41 מִ֤י ptcl inter Who provides for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry to God, And wander for lack of food?
- Job 39:5 מִֽי מִ֣י ptcl inter ptcl inter "Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
- Job 41:10 וּ/מִ֥י conj + ptcl inter None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
- Job 41:11 מִ֣י ptcl inter Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
- Job 41:13 מִֽי מִ֣י ptcl inter ptcl inter Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
- Job 41:14 מִ֣י ptcl inter Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
- Job 42:3 מִ֤י ptcl inter You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.
Psalms 35 verses
- Psalms 4:6 מִֽי ptcl inter Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
- Psalms 6:5 מִ֣י ptcl inter For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
- Psalms 12:4 מִ֖י ptcl inter Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"
- Psalms 14:7 מִ֥י ptcl inter Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, Then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
- Psalms 15:1 מִי מִֽי ptcl inter ptcl inter Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?
- Psalms 18:31 מִ֣י וּ/מִ֥י ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
- Psalms 19:12 מִֽי ptcl inter Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
- Psalms 24:3 מִֽי וּ/מִי ptcl inter conj + ptcl inter Who may ascend to Yahweh's hill? Who may stand in his holy place?
- Psalms 24:8 מִ֥י ptcl inter Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.
- Psalms 24:10 מִ֤י ptcl inter Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of Hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.
- Psalms 25:12 מִי ptcl inter What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
- Psalms 27:1 מִ/מִּ֣י מִ/מִּ֥י prep + ptcl inter prep + ptcl inter Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 34:12 מִֽי ptcl inter Who is someone who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good?
- Psalms 35:10 מִ֥י ptcl inter All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, Who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"
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“who” is the headline sense of the Hebrew word מי (mîy). Scripture first uses it in Genesis 3:11. It appears 342 verses across 35 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. It shares a root with מה, מא and מדוע. See the sense tree, 342-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H4310 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 342
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 342 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #116
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 116 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 342 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 342 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 157 verses · 46%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 135 verses · 39%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 50 verses · 15%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: An 1×, Any 1×, Are with you if any 1×
- American Standard Version: Who 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Who 272×, Whom 40×, What 17×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Who 297×, Whom 53×, Whoever 12×
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Renders H4310 across 12 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4310 across 12 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4310 across 417 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4310 across 420 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- a. מִי is rarely used of things, and usually where persons are understood or implied: Gn 33:8 מי לך כל־המחנה הזה who (or what) to thee is all this camp? Dt 4:7 Ju 9:28 מִי שְׁכֶם who is Shechem (i.e. the Shechemites)? Mi 1:5 מִי־פֶשַׁע יַעֲקֹב הֲלֹא שֹׁמְרוֹן, v b Ct 3:6 Ju 13:17 מִי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ (but מה Gn 32:28 Ex 3:13: with מי cf. מַן in Aramaic Ezr 5:4 Gn Ex. ll. cc. 𝔗; and see NöM. p. 341). On 1 S 18:18, v. II. חַי. e.g. Genesis 33:8
- b. in the gen., בַּת־מִי אַתְּ whose daughter art thou? Gn 24:23, 47 1 S 12:3(×3); 17:55 Je 44:28 Jb 26:4; 33:28; after various preps., as אַחֲרֵי מִי 1 S 24:15(×2); אֶל־מִי 1 S 6:20 2 K 9:5 +; בְּמִי by whom? †1 K 20:14, לְמִי20 to whom? whose? Gn 32:18 לְמִי אַתָּה, 38:25 Pr 20:29 (6 times) +; מִמִּי †Ez 32:19 ψ 27:1(×2); עַל־מִי 2 K 18:20; 19:22 Is 57:4 +; אֶת־מִי (so always in acc.), 1 S 12:3(×2); 28:11 Is 6:8; = with whom? Jb 12:3. e.g. Genesis 24:23
- c. in an indirect qu., as Gn 21:26; 43:22 לא ידענו מי שׂם we do not know who put, etc., Dt 21:1 ψ 39:7 Jos 24:15 בַּחֲרוּ … אֶת־מִי תַעֲבֹד֑וּן choose whom ye will serve, after ראה 1 S 14:17, שׁאל 17:56, הגיד 1 K 1:20, הודיע v 27. e.g. Genesis 21:26
- d. מי ב׳ who among …? 1 S 22:14 Is 36:20; 43:9; 48:14 (בהם); 42:23; 50:10 Hg 2:3 (all בכם); מי מן who of …? Ju 21:8 2 K 6:11 Is 50:1. e.g. 1 Samuel 22:14
- e. strengthened and emph. forms of interrog.: (a) מי זה (v. זה 4 b), מי הוא (v. הוא 4 b β), מי הוא זה †ψ 24:10 Je 30:21 Est 7:5 (v. ibid.); (b) מִי אֶחָד what single one …? Ju 21:8, cf. 2 S 7:23 (= 1 Ch 17:21). e.g. Psalms 24:10
- f. various rhetorical uses (often repeated in ‖ cl., as ψ 15:1; 18:32 Is 28:9; 29:15):—(a) sq. impf. it expresses a wish (the question implying a desire that the person asked for were present), 2 S 15:4 מִי יְשִׂמֵנִי שֹׁפֵט who will set me judge? i.e. would that some one would make me judge! 23:15 מִי יַשְׁקֵנִי מַיִם = O that one would give me to drink, etc.! cf. Nu 11:4, 18 Mal 1:10 ψ 4:7; 60:11; 94:16 Is 42:23, and very often in the phr. מִי יִתֵּן who will give? i.e. would that there were …! as Nu 11:29 ומי יתן כל עם י׳ נביאים = and would that all י׳’s people were prophets! Dt 28:67 מי יתן ערב = would it were even! Ju 9:29 + (v. נָתַן). (b) it expresses contempt (who? implying the answer no one at all), Ex 5:2 מי י׳ אשׁר אשׁמע בקולו who is י׳ that I should listen to his voice? Ju 9:28 מִי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּמִי שְׁכֶם כִּי נַעַבְדֶנּוּ, v 38 1 S 17:26 who is this Phil. that he should have reproached, etc.? 25:10 מי דוד ומי בן ישׁי, Is 28:9 Jb 26:4 Pr 30:9 מי י׳; or modesty (real or assumed), Ex 3:11 מִי אָנֹכִי כִּי אֵלֵךְ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה, 1 S 18:18 מי אנכי ומי חיי who am I, and who is my clan (חַיִּי), that I should be the king’s son-in-law? 2 S 7:18 1 Ch 29:14 2 Ch 2:5; or surprise, Is 44:10; 49:21. (c) in impassioned prose, and especially in poetry, implying the answer few or none, it is equiv. to a rhetorical negative, Dt 9:2 מִי יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי בְנֵי עֲנָק who can stand, etc.? 30:12 מִי יַעֲלֶה־לָּנוּ הַשָּׁמַיְמָה, v 13 1 S 4:8 מִי יַצִּילֵנוּ וגי, 6:20; 22:14; 26:9, 15 2 S 16:10; מי יאמר who shall (or can) say? Jb 9:12 Pr 20:9 Ec 8:4; with the perfect (of experience), who has ever …? Nu 23:10 Dt 5:23 Is 36:20; 66:8(×2) Je 18:13 מִי שָׁמַע כָּאֵלֶּה, 23:18 (MT), 30:21 Jb 4:7; 9:4 מִי הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָ֑ם, 41:3 Pr 30:4 La 3:37; poet., very often, as Gn 49:9 וּכְלָבִיא מִי יְקִימֶנּוּ who can rouse him up? (i.e. no one), Ex 15:11(×2) מִי כָמוֹךָ (so ψ 35:10 al.), Nu 24:9, 23 1 S 2:25 מי יתפלל לו who shall intercede for him? (i.e. no one), Is 1:12; 10:3; 40:13, 14, 18; 41:26; 42:19; 43:9; 48:14; 50:1; 53:1 מִי הֶאֱמִין לִשְׁמֻעָתֵנוּ (i.e. few or none), etc.; ψ 18:32 מִי אֱלוֹהַּ מִבַּלְעֲדֵי י׳, 76:8; 89:7; 130:3 Jb 21:31; 34:29 Je 17:9 Jo 2:11 Mal 3:2; מִי לֹא … Am 3:8 Je 10:7 Jb 12:9 (cf. 25:3 Na 3:19); (יְשִׁיבֶנָּה) מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ who shall (can) turn it back? †Jb 9:12; 11:10; 23:13 Is 14:27; 43:13 Je 2:24; implying the answer, no one but God, Is 40:12; 41:2 Jb 38:5, 6, 25, etc.; defiantly, Is 50:9 מִי הוּא יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי, Je 21:13; 49:4 מִי יָבוֹא אֵלַי, v 19 Ob 3 ψ 12:5 מִי אָדוֹן לָנוּ, 59:8; 64:6 Jb 9:19 וְאִם לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יוֹעִידֵנִי, 13:19 מִי הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִי who is he that will contend with me? 17:3; 41:2. Notice in examples of this kind the freq. order of words: Pr 20:6 ואישׁ אמוּנים מי ימצא, 24:22 ופיד שׁניהם מי יודע, 31:10 Na 1:6 לפני זעמו מי יעמד, ψ 147:17 לפני קֹרָתוֹ מי יעמד, Jb 4:2 וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכ֑ל, Jb 26:14; 38:37; 39:5; 41:5, 6 ψ 6:6 בִּשְׁאוֹל מִי יוֹדֶה־לָּ֑ךְ, 19:13; and with the nom. pendens, Je 24 תַּאֲנָתָהּ מִי יְשִׁיבֶנָּה, Pr 18:14 Jb 17:15 וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶנָּה, 38:29 וּכְפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדוֹ, (d) מִי יוֹדֵעַ who knoweth? (ψ 90:11 Pr 24:22), sq. a verbal clause, becomes (cf. nescio an) = it may be, perchance, †2 S 12:22 מִי יוֹדֵעַ יְחָנֵּנִי י׳ (Qr וְחַנַּנִי), Jo 2:14 (= Jon 3:9) מי יודע ישׁוב ונחם, Est 4:14 מי יודע אם. (e) especially in poetry, a question with מי, to which the answer follows, in an effective mode of affirming a fact, or introducing a description: ψ 15:1, 1 (see v 2–5), 24:3, 8, 10 Is 23:8 מי יעץ זאת וג׳ (v 9 the answ., י׳ צ׳ יְעָצָהּ), 33:14 (see v 15f.), 37:23; 41:2, 4; 60:8; 63:1 Je 46:7 Ct 3:6, cf. 6:10; 8:3; answered by הֲלֹא Ex 4:11 Is 42:24; 45:21 Mi 1:5(×2). e.g. Psalms 15:1
- g. מִי may sometimes be rendered whosoever, though, as the examples will shew, it does not really mean it: Ex 24:14 מי בעל דברים יִגַּשׁ אליהם, lit. Who hath a cause? let him draw nigh unto them, i.e. whoso hath a cause, let him, etc., Is 50:8b מִי בַעַל מִשְׁפָּטִי יִגַּשׁ אֵלַי, 54:15 Ju 7:3 מִי יָרֵא וְחָרֵד יָשֹׁב וג׳ who is fearful and trembling? let him return, Pr 9:4, 16 מִי־פֶ֖תִי יָסֻר הֵנָּה, Ezr 1:3 (cf. with וְ in apod. Je 9:11 Ho 14:10 ψ 107:43; Zc 4:10 is dubious, on account of anom. tense and construct.); so with מי האישׁ אשׁר … Dt 20:5, 6, 7 Ju 10:18, cf. ψ 25:12. With 1 ps. in apod., Ex 32:33 מִי אֲשֶׁר חָטָא לִי אֶמְחֶנּוּ מִסִּפְרִי, Je 49:19 (= 50:44) וּמִי בָחוּר אֵלֶיהָ אֶפְקֹד and who is chosen? I will appoint him over her! Is 50:8a; with an imv. in the apod. Ex 32:24 (against accents; v. Ra) למי זהב התפרקו who hath gold? break it off you! Gn 19:12 1 S 11:12, cf. ψ 34:13f.; without a verb, Ex 32:26 מי לי׳ אלי who is on J.’s side? (let him come) to me! so 2 S 20:11 (מי אשׁר); Ec 5:9; 9:4 (מי אשׁר). e.g. Exodus 24:14
- h. once, following a verb (cf. מָה 3), any one, 2 S 18:12 שִׁמְרוּ־מִי בַּנַּעַר באבשׁלום Have a care, whosoever ye be, of, etc. (𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Bu לִי; cf. v 5). e.g. 2 Samuel 18:12
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
pron. interrog. who? of persons, as מָה (q.v.) of things (Ethiopic ሚ but only = What? and How? Assyrian mî, me (rare) JägerBAS. ii. 277, the usually Sem. form for Who? has n, viz. Assyrian mannu, manu (DlHWB 419), Ethiopic መኑ man(n)ū, Aramaic ܡܰܢ, Arabic مَنْ, vulg.-Arabic min, mīn, from a form resembling which, by rejection of n, prob. Heb. מִי: WSG 123 f.):—who? (τίς; quis?) Gn 3:11 מִי הִגִּיד לְךָ who told thee? 24:65 מִי הָאִישׁ הַלָּזֶה who is this man? 27:18 מי אתה בני who art thou, my son? Nu 22:9 Ju 1:1; 6:29; 15:6; 18:3; 20:18; 2 S 1:8 + often; Ru 3:9 מִי אָ֑תְּ who art thou (fem.)? Is 51:12; of more than one, מִי אֵלֶּה who are these? Gn 33:5; 48:8 Is 60:8; מי אתם 2 K 10:13; once, more explicitly, מִי וָמִי הַהֹלְכִים Ex 10:8; = as who? (i.e. in what condition, or capacity), Am 7:2 מי יקום יעקב, v 5 Is 51:19 מִי אֲנַחֲמֵךְ (but Vrss Che Lag Brd Du מִי יְ׳, as ‖ מִי יָנוּד), Ru 3:16 (Be Ke Köiii. 388). Note in partic.:
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from מה (mâh) (H4100) — what.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מִי I
- , מִי־, מֵי־ from, of; because, v. מִ־.
מִי II
- (b. h.)
- 1. who?; which?; he who. M. Kat. 16ᵇ ראה מי קורא וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. omit ראה) see who calls thee outside. Keth. 64ᵇ מי שוכר את מי which hires which?, i.e. which (of the two) hires and which is hired? B. Bath. IX, 1 מי שמת וכ׳ he who (if one) died and left &c. Ib. VI, 7 מי שהיתה דרך וכ׳ he through whose field there is a public passage. Ib. 6 מי שיש לו גינה וכ׳ he who has a garden &c.; a. v. fr.—(Chald.) Ab. Zar. 41ᵇ מי יימר דבטליה Ms. M. (ed. דבטלה) who can say (how do we know) that he cancelled it?
- 2. [who will?,] Oh that! Sot. V, 2, a. e. מי יגלה וכ׳, v. גָּלָה. Pes. 49ᵇ מי יתן לי ת"ח וכ׳ Oh that I had a scholar before me, and I would &c.; a. fr.
- 3. [is there any?; in gen. introducing a question:] is there?, does he? &c. Sabb. 31ᵃ מי כאן הלל does Hillel live here? Ḥull. 33ᵃ מי איכא מידי וכ׳ is there anything which is permitted &c. Ber. 34ᵃ top, v. חַבְרוּתָא. Ḥull. 32ᵇ מהו מי מצטרף וכ׳ how is it? can the first cut be combined with the second to effect &c.? Naz. 32ᵇ אילו … מי הוה נדריתון if one had come … would you have vowed? Ib. מי יודעין לאימתי did they know when? Ib. מי ידעין בהי וכ׳ did they know on what day?—Pes. 14ᵇ, a. fr. מי דמי (sub. הא להא) is there an analogy between the two cases?; v. דְּמֵי I; a. v. fr.
מַי
- what?; v. מַאי.
מַי ²
- water, v. מַיִם.
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Forms in the corpus
The 49 distinct written forms H4310 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִֽי | Particle, Interrogative | Deuteronomy 5:29 | 75 |
| מִ֣י | Particle, Interrogative | Amos 3:8 | 71 |
| מִ֥י | Particle, Interrogative | Amos 7:2 | 42 |
| מִ֤י | Particle, Interrogative | Ecclesiastes 3:22 | 41 |
| מִי | Particle, Interrogative | Deuteronomy 3:24 | 40 |
| מִ֖י | Particle, Interrogative | Amos 3:8 | 23 |
| וּ/מִ֥י | Particle, Interrogative | Ecclesiastes 2:25 | 21 |
| וּ/מִ֣י | Particle, Interrogative | Ecclesiastes 2:19 | 19 |
| מִ֚י | Particle, Interrogative | Ecclesiastes 8:1 | 9 |
| וּ/מִֽי | Particle, Interrogative | Deuteronomy 20:6 | 8 |
| וּ/מִ֤י | Particle, Interrogative | 1 Samuel 22:14 | 6 |
| מִ֗י | Particle, Interrogative | 1 Kings 1:20 | 6 |
| מִ֨י | Particle, Interrogative | Ezekiel 31:18 | 5 |
| מִ֭י | Particle, Interrogative | Job 12:9 | 5 |
| מִי֙ | Particle, Interrogative | Ecclesiastes 9:4 | 5 |
| וּ/מִי֙ | Particle, Interrogative | Deuteronomy 4:8 | 4 |
| לְ/מִי | Particle, Interrogative | Genesis 32:17 | 3 |
| מִ֛י | Particle, Interrogative | Isaiah 57:4 | 3 |
| וּ/מִ֨י | Particle, Interrogative | Judges 9:29 | 2 |
| וּ/מִי | Particle, Interrogative | Jeremiah 49:19 | 2 |
| לְ/מִ֖י | Particle, Interrogative | Lamentations 2:20 | 2 |
| לְ/מִ֞י | Particle, Interrogative | Esther 6:6 | 2 |
| לְ/מִ֥י | Particle, Interrogative | Isaiah 46:5 | 2 |
| מִ֠י | Particle, Interrogative | 2 Chronicles 32:14 | 2 |
| בְּ/מִ֔י | Particle, Interrogative | 1 Kings 20:14 | 1 |
| בְּ/שֶׁ/לְּ/מִ֛י | Particle, Interrogative | Jonah 1:7 | 1 |
| וָ/מִ֖י | Particle, Interrogative | Exodus 10:8 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/מִ֖י | Particle, Interrogative | Genesis 32:17 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/מִ֣י | Particle, Interrogative | Ecclesiastes 4:8 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/מִי֙ | Particle, Interrogative | 1 Samuel 9:20 | 1 |
| וּ/מִ֖י | Particle, Interrogative | Jeremiah 15:5 | 1 |
| וּֽ/מִ֥י | Particle, Interrogative | Isaiah 14:27 | 1 |
| לְ/מִ֣י | Particle, Interrogative | Exodus 32:24 | 1 |
| לְ/מִ֤י | Particle, Interrogative | Proverbs 23:29 | 1 |
| לְ/מִ֨י | Particle, Interrogative | Proverbs 23:29 | 1 |
| לְ/מִ֪י | Particle, Interrogative | Proverbs 23:29 | 1 |
| לְ/מִי֙ | Particle, Interrogative | 2 Samuel 16:19 | 1 |
| לְ֝/מִ֗י | Particle, Interrogative | Proverbs 23:29 | 1 |
| לְ֭/מִי | Particle, Interrogative | Proverbs 23:29 | 1 |
| לְֽ/מִי | Particle, Interrogative | 1 Samuel 30:13 | 1 |
| מִ/מִּ֖י | Particle, Interrogative | Ezekiel 32:19 | 1 |
| מִ/מִּ֣י | Particle, Interrogative | Psalms 27:1 | 1 |
| מִ/מִּ֥י | Particle, Interrogative | Psalms 27:1 | 1 |
| מִ֑י | Particle, Interrogative | 2 Kings 9:32 | 1 |
| מִ֕י | Particle, Interrogative | 2 Samuel 18:12 | 1 |
| מִ֝֗י | Particle, Interrogative | Job 25:3 | 1 |
| מִ֝י | Particle, Interrogative | Job 26:4 | 1 |
| מִ֞י | Particle, Interrogative | Isaiah 57:11 | 1 |
| מִי֩ | Particle, Interrogative | 2 Samuel 20:11 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4310, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- מא mâʼ H3964 what
- מדוע maddûwaʻ H4069 why
- מדי madday H4078 what is enough, sufficiency, enough
- מה mâh H4101 whatever
- מהה mâhahh H4102 to delay
- מן mân H4478 manna
- מתלאה mattᵉlâʼâh H4972 weariness
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- מכנדבי Maknadbay H4367 Machnadebai
- מיכאל Mîykâʼêl H4317 Michael
- מיכיה Mîykâyâh H4320 Micah
- מישאל Mîyshâʼêl H4332 Mishael
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 325 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 342 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:11
- Exodus 2:14
- Numbers 11:4
- Deuteronomy 3:24
- Joshua 9:8
- Judges 1:1
- Ruth 2:5
- 1 Samuel 2:25
- 2 Samuel 1:8
- 1 Kings 1:20
- 2 Kings 6:11
- 1 Chronicles 11:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
