מִי
mîy · me
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
Lexicon
Derivation: an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things,
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things)
- also, (indefinitely) whoever
- often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
423 occurrences · 423 OT · 0 NT · 51 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- who1 · 8%
- any1 · 8%
- whose1 · 8%
- what1 · 8%
- unto them, would to god1 · 8%
- are with you: if any1 · 8%
- an1 · 8%
- unto you1 · 8%
- which1 · 8%
- he1 · 8%
- for1 · 8%
- by me: whosoever1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.