מֵ֥ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מֵ֥ת

   MET

   dead or dying
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מֵ֥ת אַתָּ֖ה

   MET a-TA

   dead or dying you
3. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֣א אֵ֠לָיו יְשַׁעְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־אָמ֜וֹץ הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ צַ֣ו לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּ֛י מֵ֥ת אַתָּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִֽחְיֶֽה׃

   va-ya-VO E-LAV ye-sha-YA-hu ben-a-MOTS ha-na-VI va-yo-MER E-LAV ko-A-MAR Ye-ho-VAH TSAV le-VE-te-KHA KI MET a-TA ve-LO tikh-ye

   and came to him Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet and said to him thus said LORD command or set for your house for dead or dying you and not you will live
4. sentence🔊 בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם חָלָ֥ה חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לָמ֑וּת וַיָּבֹ֣א אֵ֠לָיו יְשַׁעְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־אָמ֜וֹץ הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ צַ֣ו לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּ֛י מֵ֥ת אַתָּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִֽחְיֶֽה׃

   ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM kha-LA khiz-ki-YA-hu la-MUT va-ya-VO E-LAV ye-sha-YA-hu ben-a-MOTS ha-na-VI va-yo-MER E-LAV ko-A-MAR Ye-ho-VAH TSAV le-VE-te-KHA KI MET a-TA ve-LO tikh-ye

   in the days those became sick Hezekiah to die and came to him Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet and said to him thus said LORD command or set for your house for dead or dying you and not you will live

Exegesis

The imperative tsav {צַו | ṣāv} takes the object lveitecha {לְבֵיתֶךָ | lə-bē-ṯe-kha} “your house,” here a metaphor for family line and legacy, while met velo tichyeh {מֵת וְלֹא תִחְיֶה | mēṯ wə-lō ti-ḥyê} “and you will not live” delivers the irrevocable pronouncement.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ת🔊 a-m-t

“truth, firmness”

• 🔊 אָמֵןa-menso be itNumbers 5:22
• 🔊 נֶאֱמָןne-e-manfaithfulDeuteronomy 7:9