אָמֽוּת׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָמֽוּת׃

   a-MUT

   I will die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א אָמֽוּת׃

   ve-LO a-MUT

   and not I will die
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־תַעֲשֶׂ֧ה עִמָּדִ֛י חֶ֥סֶד יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א אָמֽוּת׃

   ve-LO-ta-A-se im-ma-DI KHE-sed Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO a-MUT

   and will you not do with me steadfast love LORD and not I will die
4. sentence🔊 וְלֹ֖א אִם־עוֹדֶ֣נִּי חָ֑י וְלֹֽא־תַעֲשֶׂ֧ה עִמָּדִ֛י חֶ֥סֶד יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א אָמֽוּת׃

   ve-LO im-O-den-NI KHAI ve-LO-ta-A-se im-ma-DI KHE-sed Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO a-MUT

   and not if still I alive and will you not do with me steadfast love LORD and not I will die

Exegesis

The purpose clause introduced by ləmaʿan {לְמַ֤עַן | lə-ma-ʿan} leads to lōʾ-immûṯ {לֹֽא־אֶמּֽוּת | lōʾ-immûṯ} “I die not,” indicating the desired preservation of life through divine faithfulness.

Root and etymology

m-w-t🔊 מ־ו־תmem–vav–tav

“to die”

• 🔊 מָוֶתmā-veṯdeathGenesis 2:17