יָמ֑וּת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָמ֑וּת

   ya-MUT

   he shall die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י מ֣וֹת יָמ֑וּת

   KI MOT ya-MUT

   for dying he shall die
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י חַי־יְהוָ֗ה הַמּוֹשִׁ֙יעַ֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֧י אִם־יֶשְׁנ֛וֹ בְּיוֹנָתָ֥ן בְּנִ֖י כִּ֣י מ֣וֹת יָמ֑וּת

   KI KHAI-ye-ho-VAH ha-mo-SHI-a ET-yis-ra-EL KI IM-ye-SHE-no be-yo-na-TAN be-NI KI MOT ya-MUT

   for as the LORD lives the one saving Israel for if he is in Jonathan my son for dying he shall die
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י חַי־יְהוָ֗ה הַמּוֹשִׁ֙יעַ֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֧י אִם־יֶשְׁנ֛וֹ בְּיוֹנָתָ֥ן בְּנִ֖י כִּ֣י מ֣וֹת יָמ֑וּת וְאֵ֥ין עֹנֵ֖הוּ מִכָּל־הָעָֽם׃

   KI KHAI-ye-ho-VAH ha-mo-SHI-a ET-yis-ra-EL KI IM-ye-SHE-no be-yo-na-TAN be-NI KI MOT ya-MUT ve-EN o-NE-hu mi-KOL-ha-AM

   for as the LORD lives the one saving Israel for if he is in Jonathan my son for dying he shall die and there is not answering him from all the people

Exegesis

The idiomatic intensification mot yamut {מוֹת יָמוּת | mōṯ yā·mûṯ} ‘to die he shall surely die’ combines an infinitive absolute with an imperfect verb to denote certainty of the penalty.

Root and etymology

m-w-t🔊 מ־ו־תMem, Waw, Tav

“to die”

• 🔊 מָוֶתmavetdeathPsalm 116:3