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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. Hosea 14:9מִ֤י · Whoever
    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
  2. Joel 2:11וּמִ֥י · Who
    The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?
  3. Joel 2:14מִ֥י · Who
    Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
  4. Amos 3:8מִ֣י · who; מִ֖י · who
    The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?
  5. Amos 7:2מִ֥י · How
    And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  6. Amos 7:5מִ֥י · How
    Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  7. Obadiah 1:3מִ֥י · Who
    The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
  8. Jonah 1:7בְּשֶׁלְּמִ֛י · who is responsible
    “Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
  9. Jonah 1:8לְמִי־ · who
    “Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”
  10. Jonah 3:9מִֽי־ · Who
    Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
  11. Micah 1:5מִֽי־ · What; וּמִי֙ · And what
    All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
  12. Micah 6:9וּמִ֥י · and the One
    The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.
  13. Micah 7:18מִי־ · Who
    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  14. Nahum 1:6מִ֣י · Who; וּמִ֥י · Who
    Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
  15. Nahum 3:7מִ֖י · who
    Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
  16. Nahum 3:19מִ֛י · who
    There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
  17. Haggai 2:3מִ֤י · Who
    ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
  18. Zechariah 4:7מִֽי־ · What
    What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
  19. Zechariah 4:10מִ֣י · who
    For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
  20. Malachi 1:10מִ֤י · Oh
    “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
  21. Malachi 3:2וּמִ֤י · But who; וּמִ֥י · And who
    But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.