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מִי יַעֲמֹד

Who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever ; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix · to stand , in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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מִי H4310 who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever ; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
Pronunciation miy
Interrogative pronoun marking agency and identity; shifts from direct questions to indefinite "whoever" in rhetorical or conditional contexts
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עָמַד H5975 to stand , in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Pronunciation wayya‘ămōḏ
Core stance of presence and stability; foundational to covenant language of standing before God or establishing permanent positions.
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What does מִי יַעֲמֹד (mi ya'amod) mean in the Bible?

מִי · עָמַד is a Hebrew word meaning "who can stand, endure, remain before".

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Meaning

who can stand, endure, remain before
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 253 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form
Participle 87 Imperfect 82 Perfect 60 Imperative 17 Cohortative 3 Infinitive construct 3 Participle passive 1
Stem
Qal 239 Hiphil 12 Hophal 2
Mood
Indicative/jussive 69 Indicative 60 Imperative 17 Jussive 12 Indicative/cohortative 1
OT Occurrences
Gen 18:8 Qal · Participle Gen 18:22 Qal · Participle Gen 19:17 Qal · Imperfect · Jussive Gen 19:27 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 24:30 Qal · Participle Gen 24:31 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Gen 30:9 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 41:1 Qal · Participle Gen 41:17 Qal · Participle Gen 45:1 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 45:9 Qal · Imperfect · Jussive Exod 3:5 Qal · Participle Exod 8:18 Qal · Participle Exod 17:6 Qal · Participle Exod 18:23 Qal · Infinitive construct Exod 21:21 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Exod 26:15 Qal · Participle Exod 33:10 Qal · Participle Exod 36:20 Qal · Participle Lev 13:5 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Lev 13:23 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Lev 13:28 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Lev 13:37 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Lev 16:10 Hophal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Lev 18:23 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Lev 19:16 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Num 1:5 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Num 9:8 Qal · Imperative · Imperative Num 14:14 Qal · Participle Num 27:21 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Deut 4:10 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Deut 5:5 Qal · Participle Deut 5:31 Qal · Imperative · Imperative Deut 10:10 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Deut 24:11 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Deut 27:12 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Deut 27:13 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Deut 29:14 Qal · Participle Josh 3:8 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Josh 4:10 Qal · Participle +213 more occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

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