Exodus 21:16:7Exod.21.16.W7TAB
יוּמָֽת׃
yoomat
“shall be put to death”
- Transliteration
- yoo-MAT
- Extended
- yoo-MAAT
- IPA
- /juː.ˈmaːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be put to death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yoo-MAT
- phraseyour reading level
MOHT yoo-MAT
- sentence
ve-go-NEV ISH oo-me-kha-RO ve-nim-TSA be-ya-DO MOHT yoo-MAT
Exegesis
The legal formula mot yumat {מוֹת יוּמָת | mōṯ yū·mat} ‘death, he shall be put to death’ intensifies the capital penalty through parallelism and repetition, underscoring the offense’s gravity in the casuistic covenant code.
Root and etymology
מ־ו־ת
“to put to death”
In context — Exodus 21:16
Anyone who steals a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 21:16, so the Hebrew word יוּמָֽת׃ (yoomat) 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 Exod.21.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.16.W7.S1) and character.