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מִי

miwho?How to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentQuestion word425 occurrences35 books344 verses

Definition

an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
Traditional renderings: any (man), × he, × him, O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), would to God.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מִי:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

425 total
  1. Song of Solomon 3:6מִ֣י · Who
    Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
  2. Song of Solomon 6:10מִי־ · Who
    Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
  3. Song of Solomon 8:1מִ֤י · O
    O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
  4. Song of Solomon 8:5מִ֣י · Who
    Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
  5. Isaiah 1:12מִי־ · who
    When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
  6. Isaiah 6:8מִ֥י · Whom; וּמִ֣י · Who
    Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
  7. Isaiah 10:3מִי֙ · whom
    What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
  8. Isaiah 14:27וּמִ֣י · and who; וּֽמִ֥י · so who
    The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
  9. Isaiah 22:16וּמִ֣י · and who
    What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
  10. Isaiah 23:8מִ֚י · Who
    Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
  11. Isaiah 27:4מִֽי־
    I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
  12. Isaiah 28:9מִי֙ · Whom; מִ֖י · To whom
    Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
  13. Isaiah 29:15מִ֥י · Who; וּמִ֥י · and who
    Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
  14. Isaiah 33:14מִ֣י׀ · Who; מִי־ · Who
    The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
  15. Isaiah 36:5מִ֣י · whom
    You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
  16. Isaiah 36:20מִ֗י · Who
    Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
  17. Isaiah 37:23מִ֤י · Whom; מִ֖י · whom
    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
  18. Isaiah 40:12מִֽי־ · Who
    Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
  19. Isaiah 40:13מִֽי־ · Who
    Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
  20. Isaiah 40:14מִ֤י · Whom
    Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
  21. Isaiah 40:18מִ֖י · To whom
    To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
  22. Isaiah 40:25מִ֥י · whom
    “To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
  23. Isaiah 40:26מִי־ · Who
    Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
  24. Isaiah 41:2מִ֤י · Who
    Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
  25. Isaiah 41:4מִֽי־ · Who
    Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
  26. Isaiah 41:26מִֽי־ · Who
    Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
  27. Isaiah 42:19מִ֤י · Who; מִ֤י · Who
    Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
  28. Isaiah 42:23מִ֥י · Who
    Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
  29. Isaiah 42:24מִֽי־ · Who
    Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
  30. Isaiah 43:9מִ֤י · Who
    All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
  31. Isaiah 43:13וּמִ֥י · who
    Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
  32. Isaiah 44:7וּמִֽי־ · Who then [is]
    Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
  33. Isaiah 44:10מִֽי־ · Who
    Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
  34. Isaiah 44:24מִי · who by Myself
    Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
  35. Isaiah 45:21מִ֣י · Who
    Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
  36. Isaiah 46:5לְמִ֥י · To whom
    To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
  37. Isaiah 48:14מִ֥י · Which
    Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
  38. Isaiah 49:21מִ֤י · Who; מִ֣י · So who
    Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
  39. Isaiah 50:1מִ֣י · to which
    This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
  40. Isaiah 50:8מִֽי־ · Who; מִֽי־ · Who
    The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!
  41. Isaiah 50:9מִי־ · Who
    Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.