מִי

who?

Strong’s H4310Interrogative423 times in the Hebrew Bible

who346

whom70

whoever7

In the text

1 Samuel 2:25מִי
If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
Job 4:2מִי
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
Psalm 4:6מִי
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
Proverbs 9:4מִי
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
Isaiah 1:12מִי
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
Jeremiah 2:24מִי
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

מִי 423 pron.interrog. who? of persons

a. מִי is rarely used of things, and usually where persons are understood or implied

b. in the gen. whose

c. in an indirect qu.

d. מִי ב׳ who among … ?

e. strengthened and emph. forms of interrog.

f. various rhetorical uses whose

g. מִי may sometimes be rendered whosoever, though, as the examples will shew, it does not really mean it

h. once, following a verb, any one

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.