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Mi (מי) means who in Hebrew.

It is a question word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

מִי
mi
question word
In English

who

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with מ

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Mi.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    איזו ישות (בין אם אחת או כמה)?
    מִי-כָמֹכָה בָּאֵלִם יְהֹוָה מִי כָּמֹכָה נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ נוֹרָא תְהִלּת עֹשֵׂה פֶלֶא
  2. 2
    לשון חז"למילת שאלה (עפ"ר רטורית, שהתשובה שלילית) המבררת את נכונות העובדה המתוארת במשפט.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Mi is a question word.

Written with vowel points
מִי
Written without vowel points
מי
Said
mi
Gematria
50

This is how Mi is said in other languages.

English
who
Arabic
من
Russian
кто
French
qui
Spanish
quién
German
wer
Yiddish
ווער

These words mean nearly the same as Mi.

  • האם
  • האמנם

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Mi.

The word Mi is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • מי ומי
  • מי שהוא
  • צוחק מי שצוחק אחרון
  • מי שטרח בערב שבת יאכל בשבת
  • מי להשם אלי
  • מי שנכוה ברותחין נזהר בצוננין

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words come before and after Mi in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Mi.

What does Mi (⁨מי⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Mi (⁨מי⁩) means who. It is said mi, with the stress on mi.

What is a synonym for Mi (⁨מי⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Mi (⁨מי⁩) are ⁨האם⁩ and ⁨האמנם⁩.

What rhymes with Mi (⁨מי⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Mi (⁨מי⁩) include ⁨ימי⁩, ⁨לאומי⁩, ⁨רשמי⁩, ⁨עצמי⁩, ⁨דרומי⁩, and ⁨סתמי⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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