Deuteronomy 22:26:7Deut.22.26.W7TAB
מָוֶת
mavet
“worthy of death”
- Transliteration
- MA-vet
- Extended
- MAA-vet
- IPA
- /ˈmaːvet/
Meaning by language
- English
- worthy of death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
MA-vet
- sentence
ve-la-na-A-ra LO-ta-a-SEH da-VAR EIN la-na-A-ra KHET MA-vet KI ka-a-SHER ya-KUM el-re-E-hu ur-tsa-KHO NE-fesh KEN ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH
Exegesis
The construct chet mavet {חֵטְא מָ֑וֶת | ḥē-ṭāʾ mā-vet} ‘sin of death’ frames the capital crime terminology.
Root and etymology
מ־ו־ת
“death”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:26
But to the young woman you shall do nothing; there is no sin of death in the young woman, for just as when a man rises up against his neighbor and murders him—a life—so is this matter .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 22:26, so the Hebrew word מָוֶת (mavet) 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.22.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.26.W7.S1) and character.