Deuteronomy 17:12:14Deut.17.12.W14TAB
וּמֵת֙
umet
“shall die”
- Transliteration
- u-MET
- Extended
- oo-MEHT
- IPA
- /uˈmeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall die
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-MET
- clause
u-MET ha-ISH ha-HU u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH a-SHER-ya-a-SE be-za-DON le-vil-TI she-MO-a el-ha-ko-HEN ha-o-MED le-sha-RET SHAM et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha O el-ha-sho-FET u-MET ha-ISH ha-HU u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ū-mēṯ {וּמֵת} ‘and shall die’ enacts the penalty, and ū-vi‘ārtā hā-rā‘ mi-yisrā’ēl {וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל} ‘you shall purge the evil from Israel’ uses the piel stem for decisive removal.
Root and etymology
m-w-tmem–waw–tav
“to die, be put to death”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:12
And the man who acts in presumption, not listening to the priest who stands there to minister to the LORD your God or to the judge, that man shall die. And you shall remove the evil from Israel.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 17:12, so the Hebrew word וּמֵת֙ (umet) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.17.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.12.W14.S1) and character.