Deuteronomy 22:21:7Deut.22.21.W7TAB
וָמֵתָה
vameta
“then she shall die”
- Transliteration
- va-me-TA
- Extended
- vah-meh-TAH
- IPA
- /vaːmeˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then she 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-me-TA
- sentence
ve-ho-tsi-U et-ha-na-a-RA had-DE-lat-BEIT-a-vi-HA u-se-ka-lu-HA a-na-SHEI i-RAH ba-a-va-NIM va-me-TA ki as-TA ne-va-LAH be-yis-ra-EL liz-NOT BEIT a-vi-HA u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-kir-BE-kha
Exegesis
The sequence of Qal perfect forms wə-seqālûhā {וּסְקָלוּהָ֩ | wə-sə-qā-lū-hā} ‘and they shall stone her’ and wā-mēṯā {וָמֵ֔תָה | wā-mē-ṯā} ‘and she shall die’ presents the legal consequence.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:21
And you shall bring out the young woman to the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones, and she shall die, because she has done a disgraceful act in Israel by acting as a prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 22:21, so the Hebrew word וָמֵתָה (vameta) 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.22.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.21.W7.S1) and character.