Deuteronomy 17:5:18Deut.17.5.W18TAB
וָמֵֽתוּ׃
vametu
“and they shall die”
- Transliteration
- va-me-TU
- Extended
- vah-meh-TOO
- IPA
- /vaːmeˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall die
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-me-TU
- clause
u-se-kal-TAM ba-a-va-NIM va-me-TU
- sentence
ve-ho-tse-TA ET-ha-ISH ha-HU O ET-ha-i-SHA ha-HI a-SHER a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZE el-she-a-RE-kha ET-ha-ISH O ET-ha-i-SHA u-se-kal-TAM ba-a-va-NIM va-me-TU
Exegesis
Finally, usqaltam ba’avanim {וּסְקַלְתָּם בָּאֲבָנִים | ū-sə-ḳal-tam bā-ʾă-vā-nîm} ‘and you shall stone them with stones’ and vametu {וָמֵתוּ | wā-mê-tû} ‘and they shall die’ present the outcome in paratactic sequence, rendered in English with parallel structure to retain legal clarity.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:5
And you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, and you shall stone them with stones , and they shall die.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:5:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Deuteronomy 17:5, so the Hebrew word וָמֵֽתוּ׃ (vametu) 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.17.5.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.5.W18.S1) and character.