מוּמָֽת׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מוּמָֽת׃

   mu-MAT

   will be put to death
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אַתָּ֥ה מוּמָֽת׃

   a-TA mu-MAT

   you will be put to death
3. clause🔊 וַתַּגֵּ֣ד לְדָוִ֗ד מִיכַ֤ל אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אִם־אֵ֨ינְךָ֜ מְמַלֵּ֤ט אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ הַלַּ֔יְלָה מָחָ֖ר אַתָּ֥ה מוּמָֽת׃

   va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT

   and she told to David Michal his wife saying if you are not escaping your life tonight tomorrow you will be put to death
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ שָׁא֨וּל מַלְאָכִ֜ים אֶל־בֵּ֤ית דָּוִד֙ לְשָׁמְר֔וֹ וְלַהֲמִית֖וֹ בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַתַּגֵּ֣ד לְדָוִ֗ד מִיכַ֤ל אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אִם־אֵ֨ינְךָ֜ מְמַלֵּ֤ט אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ הַלַּ֔יְלָה מָחָ֖ר אַתָּ֥ה מוּמָֽת׃

   va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT

   and he sent Saul messengers to the house of David to guard him and to put him to death in the morning and she told to David Michal his wife saying if you are not escaping your life tonight tomorrow you will be put to death

Exegesis

The deadline hallaylāh {הַלַּ֔יְלָה | hallaylāh} ‘tonight’ contrasts with māḥār {מָחָ֖ר | māḥār} ‘tomorrow’, and the concluding imperfect mūmāṯ {מוּמָֽת | mūmāṯ} ‘you will be killed’ underscores the inevitability of the threat.

Root and etymology

m-w-m🔊 מ־ו־מmem–vav–mem

“death, killing”

• 🔊 יוּמַתyūmāṯhe will be killedGenesis 4:11