STRONGS H4310:
Abbreviations
מִי 423 pronoun interrogative who? of persons, as
מָה (which see) of things (Ethiopic
but only =
What ? and
How ? Assyrian
mî, me (rare) Jäger
BAS. ii. 277, the usual Semitic form for
Who? has
n, namely Assyrian
mannu, manu (Dl
HWB 419), Ethiopic
manū, Aramaic
Arabic
, Vulgar Arabic
min, mīn, from a form resembling which, by rejection of
n, probably Hebrew
מִי : W
SG 123 f.): —
who ? (
τίς;
quis ?)
Genesis 3:11 הִגִּיד לְךָ מִי who told thee ?
Genesis 24:65 מִי הָאִישׁ הַלָּזֶה who is this man ?
Genesis 27:18 מי אתה בני who art thou, my son ?
Numbers 22:9;
Judges 1:1;
Judges 6:29;
Judges 15:6;
Judges 18:3;
Judges 20:18;
2 Samuel 1:8 + often;
Ruth 3:9 מִי אָ֑תְּ who art thou, (feminine) ?
Isaiah 51:12; of more than one,
מִי אֵלָּה who are these ?
Genesis 33:5;
Genesis 48:8;
Isaiah 60:8;
מי אתם 2 Kings 10:13; once, more explicitly,
מִי זָמִי הַהֹלְכִים Exodus 10:8; =
as who ? (i.e. in what condition, or capacity),
Amos 7:2 יעקב מי יקום vAmos 7:5;
Isaiah 51:19 מִי אֲנַחֲמֵךְ (but Vrss Che Lag Brd Du
מִי יְ׳, as ||
מִי יָנוּד),
Ruth 3:16 (Be Ke Kö
iii. 388). Note in particular:
e. strengthened and emphatic forms of interrogative:
(c) in impassioned prose, and especially in poetry, implying the answer
few or
none, it is equivalent to a rhetorical negative,
Deuteronomy 9:2 מִי יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי בְנֵי עֲנָק who can stand, etc.?
Deuteronomy 30:12 מִי יַעֲלֶהלָּֿנוּ הַשָּׁמַיְמָה Deuteronomy 30:13;
1 Samuel 4:8 מִי יַצִּילֵנוּ וג׳,
1 Samuel 6:20;
1 Samuel 22:14;
1 Samuel 26:9, 15;
2 Samuel 16:10;
מי יאמר who shall (or can) say ?
Job 9:12;
Proverbs 20:9;
Ecclesiastes 8:4; with the perfect (of experience),
who has ever... ? Numbers 23:10;
Deuteronomy 5:23;
Isaiah 36:20;
Isaiah 66:8 (twice in verse);
Jeremiah 18:13 מִי שָׁמַע כָּאֵלֶּה,
Jeremiah 23:18 (MT),
Jeremiah 30:21;
Job 4:7;
Job 9:4 מִי הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָ֑ם,
Job 41:3;
Proverbs 30:4;
Lamentations 3:37; in poetry, very often, as
Genesis 49:9 מִי יְקִימֶנּוּ וּכְלָבִיא who can rouse him up ? (i.e. no one),
Exodus 15:11 (twice in verse)
מִי כָמוֺךָ (so
Psalm 35:10 and elsewhere),
Numbers 24:9, 23;
1 Samuel 2:25 מי יתפלל לו who shall intercede for him ? (i.e. no one),
Isaiah 1:12;
Isaiah 10:3;
Isaiah 40:13, 14, 18;
Isaiah 41:26;
Isaiah 42:19;
Isaiah 43:9;
Isaiah 48:14;
Isaiah 50:1;
Isaiah 53:1 מִי הֶאֱמִין לִשְׁמֻעָתֵנוּ (i.e. few or none), etc.;
Psalm 18:32 מִי אֱלוֺהַּ מִבַּלְעֲדֵי י׳,
Psalm 76:8;
Psalm 89:7;
Psalm 130:3;
Job 21:31;
Job 34:29;
Jeremiah 17:9;
Joel 2:11;
Malachi 3:2;
מִי לֹא ֗֗֗ Amos 3:8;
Jeremiah 10:7;
Job 12:9 (compare
Job 25:3;
Nahum 3:19); (
יְשִׁיבֶנָּה)
מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ who shall (can) turn it back ? †
Job 9:12;
Job 11:10;
Job 23:13;
Isaiah 14:27;
Isaiah 43:13;
Jeremiah 2:24; implying the answer,
no one but God,
Isaiah 40:12;
Isaiah 41:2;
Job 38:5;
Job 35:6;
Job 35:25, etc.; defiantly,
Isaiah 50:9 מִי הוּא יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי,
Jeremiah 21:13;
Jeremiah 49:4 מִי יָבוֺא אֵלַי,
Jeremiah 49:19; Obadiah 3;
Psalm 12:5 מִי אָדוֺן לָנוּ,
Psalm 59:8;
Psalm 64:6;
Job 9:19 לְמִשְׁפָּט וְאִם יוֺעִידֵנִי מִי,
Job 13:19 מִי הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִי who is he that will contend with me ?
Job 17:3;
Job 41:2. Notice in examples of this kind the frequent
order of words:
Proverbs 20:6 ואישׁ אמוּנים מי ימצא,
Proverbs 24:22 יודע ופיד שׁניהם מי,
Proverbs 31:10;
Nahum 1:6 לפני זעמו מי יעמד,
Psalm 147:17 קֹרָתוֺ מי יעמד לפני,
Job 4:2 וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכ֑ל,
Job 26:14;
Job 38:37;
Job 39:5;
Job 41:5;
Job 41:6;
Psalm 6:6 בִּשְׁאוֺל מִי יוֺדֶהלָּֿ֑ךְ,
Psalm 19:13; and with the
nom. pendens,
Jeremiah 2:24 תַּאֲנָתָהּ מִי יְשִׁיבֶנָּה,
Proverbs 18:14;
Job 17:15 וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶנָּה,
Job 38:29 וּכְפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדוֺ.
g. מִי may sometimes be rendered
whosoever, though, as the examples will shew, it does not really mean it:
Exodus 24:14 מי בעל דברים יִגַּשׁ אליהם, literally
Who hath a cause ? let him draw nigh unto them, i.e.
whoso hath a cause, let him, etc.,
Isaiah 50:8b
אֵלַי יִגַּשׁ מִשְׁפָּטִי בַעַל מִי,
Isaiah 54:15;
Judges 7:3 מִי יָרֵא וְחָרֵד יָשֹׁב וג׳ who is fearful and trembling ? let him return,
Proverbs 9:4, 16
מִיפֶֿ֖תִי יָסֻר הֵגָּה,
Ezra 1:3 (compare with
וְ in apodosis
Jeremiah 9:11;
Hosea 14:10;
Psalm 107:43;
Zechariah 4:10 is dubious, on account of anomalous tense and construction); so with
מי האישׁ אשׁר ֗֗֗ Deuteronomy 20:5, 6, 7;
Judges 10:18, compare
Psalm 25:12. With 1person in apodosis,
Exodus 32:33 חָטָא לִי אֶמְחֶגּוּ מִסִּפְרִי מִי אֲשֶׁר,
Jeremiah 49:19 (=
Jeremiah 50:44)
אֵלָיהָ אֶפְקֹד וּמִי בָחוּר and
who is chosen?
I will appoint him over her!
Isaiah 50:8a; with an imperative in the apodosis
Exodus 32:24 (against accents; see Ra)
התפרקו למי זהב who hath gold ? break it off you!
Genesis 19:12;
1 Samuel 11:12, compare
Psalm 34:13f.; without a verb,
Exodus 32:26 אלי מי לי׳ who is on J.'s side ? (let him come) to me!
so 2 Samuel 20:11 (
מי אשׁר);
Ecclesiastes 5:9;
Ecclesiastes 9:4 (
מי אשׁר).
h. once, following a verb (compare
מָה 3),
any one,
2 Samuel 18:12 שִׁמְרוּמִֿי בַּנַּעַר באבשׁלום Have a care,
whosoever ye be, of, etc. (but
Bu
לִי; compare
2 Samuel 18:5).
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H4479.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
3:11; 19:12; 21:26; 24:23; 24:47; 24:65; 27:18; 32:18; 32:28; 33:5; 33:8; 38:25; 43:22; 48:8; 49:9
Exodus
3:11; 3:13; 4:11; 5:2; 10:8; 15:11; 24:14; 32:24; 32:26; 32:33
Numbers
11:4; 11:18; 11:29; 22:9; 23:10; 24:9; 24:23
Deuteronomy
4:7; 5:23; 9:2; 20:5; 20:6; 20:7; 21:1; 28:67; 30:12; 30:13
Joshua
24:15
Judges
1:1; 6:29; 7:3; 9:28; 9:28; 9:29; 9:38; 10:18; 13:17; 15:6; 18:3; 20:18; 21:8; 21:8
Ruth
3:9; 3:16
1 Samuel
2:25; 4:8; 6:20; 6:20; 11:12; 12:3; 12:3; 14:17; 17:26; 17:55; 17:56; 18:18; 18:18; 22:14; 22:14; 24:15; 25:10; 26:9; 26:15; 28:11
2 Samuel
1:8; 7:18; 7:23; 12:22; 15:4; 16:10; 18:5; 18:12; 20:11; 23:15
1 Kings
1:20; 1:27; 20:14
2 Kings
6:11; 9:5; 10:13; 18:20; 19:22
1 Chronicles
17:21; 29:14
2 Chronicles
2:5
Ezra
1:3; 5:4
Esther
4:14; 7:5
Job
4:2; 4:7; 9:4; 9:12; 9:12; 9:19; 11:10; 12:3; 12:9; 13:19; 17:3; 17:15; 21:31; 23:13; 25:3; 26:4; 26:4; 26:14; 33:28; 34:29; 35:6; 38:5; 38:29; 38:37; 39:5; 41:2; 41:3; 41:5; 41:6
Psalms
4:7; 6:6; 12:5; 15:1; 15:1; 15:2; 18:32; 18:32; 19:13; 24:3; 24:8; 24:10; 24:10; 25:12; 27:1; 34:13; 35:10; 39:7; 59:8; 60:11; 64:6; 76:8; 89:7; 90:11; 94:16; 107:43; 130:3; 147:17
Proverbs
9:4; 9:16; 18:14; 20:6; 20:9; 20:20; 24:22; 24:22; 30:4; 30:9; 31:10
Ecclesiastes
5:9; 8:4; 9:4
Song of Songs
3:6; 3:6; 6:10; 8:3
Isaiah
1:12; 6:8; 10:3; 14:27; 23:8; 23:9; 28:9; 28:9; 29:15; 33:14; 33:15; 36:20; 36:20; 37:23; 40:12; 40:13; 40:14; 40:18; 41:2; 41:2; 41:4; 41:26; 42:19; 42:23; 42:23; 42:24; 43:9; 43:9; 43:13; 44:10; 45:21; 48:14; 48:14; 49:21; 50:1; 50:1; 50:8; 50:8; 50:9; 50:10; 51:12; 51:19; 53:1; 54:15; 57:4; 60:8; 60:8; 63:1; 66:8
Jeremiah
2:24; 2:24; 9:11; 10:7; 17:9; 18:13; 21:13; 23:18; 30:21; 30:21; 44:28; 46:7; 49:4; 49:19; 49:19; 50:44
Lamentations
3:37
Ezekiel
32:19
Joel
2:11; 2:14
Amos
3:8; 7:2
Obadiah
1:3
Jonah
3:9
Micah
1:5; 1:5; 1:5
Nahum
1:6; 3:19
Haggai
2:3
Zechariah
4:10
Malachi
1:10; 3:2
