Exodus 21:17:5Exod.21.17.W5TAB
יוּמָֽת׃
yumat
“must be put to death”
- Transliteration
- yu-MAT
- Extended
- yoo-MAAT
- IPA
- /juː.ˈmaːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- must be put to death
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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
yu-MAT
- phraseyour reading level
MOT yu-MAT
- sentence
oo-me-kal-LEL a-VIV ve-im-MO MOT yu-MAT
Exegesis
Yumath {יוּמָת | yū-maṯ} ‘he shall be put to death,’ a Hophal imperfect third person masculine singular, expresses a legal prescription with modal necessity. In translation, the nominal clause is rendered as an agent + verb construction, and the Hophal imperfect is rendered with necessity (‘must be put to death’) to preserve the original imperative force. The Hebrew conjunction ve is rendered as ‘or’ to convey legal disjunction.
Root and etymology
m-w-tmem–waw–tav
“to die, be put to death”
In context — Exodus 21:17
Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 21:17, so the Hebrew word יוּמָֽת׃ (yumat) 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.21.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.17.W5.S1) and character.