כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת

   ki-MOT

   for dying or surely die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמ֖וּת

   ki-MOT ta-MUT

   for dying or surely die you shall die
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמ֖וּת יוֹנָתָֽן׃

   ki-MOT ta-MUT yo-na-TAN

   for dying or surely die you shall die Jonathan
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמ֖וּת יוֹנָתָֽן׃

   va-YO-mer sha-UL ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF ki-MOT ta-MUT yo-na-TAN

   and he said Saul thus may he do God and thus may he add for dying or surely die you shall die Jonathan

Exegesis

The phrase kî mōṯ tāmût {כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמ֖וּת | kî mōṯ tāmût} shows the infinitive absolute mōṯ {מ֥וֹת | mōṯ} ‘dying’ plus the imperfect tāmût {תָּמ֖וּת | tāmût} ‘you will die’, a common Hebrew intensification pattern expressing certainty.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־ו־תmem–vav–tav

“to die, death”