וּמֵ֖ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמֵ֖ת

   u-MET

   and he dies
2. clause🔊 וְכִֽי־יַכֶּה֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶת־עַבְדּ֜וֹ א֤וֹ אֶת־אֲמָתוֹ֙ בַּשֵּׁ֔בֶט וּמֵ֖ת תַּ֣חַת יָד֑וֹ

   ve-khi-ya-KEH ISH et-av-DO OH et-a-ma-TO ba-SHE-vet u-MET TA-khat ya-DO

   when {he} strikes a man his male slave or his female slave with the rod and he dies under his hand
3. sentence🔊 וְכִֽי־יַכֶּה֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶת־עַבְדּ֜וֹ א֤וֹ אֶת־אֲמָתוֹ֙ בַּשֵּׁ֔בֶט וּמֵ֖ת תַּ֣חַת יָד֑וֹ נָקֹ֥ם יִנָּקֵֽם׃

   ve-khi-ya-KEH ISH et-av-DO OH et-a-ma-TO ba-SHE-vet u-MET TA-khat ya-DO na-KOM yin-na-KEM

   when {he} strikes a man his male slave or his female slave with the rod and he dies under his hand surely shall be avenged

Exegesis

In the apodosis, the perfect u-met {וּמֵת | u-mēṯ} ‘and he dies’ combined with the locative ta-chat ya-do {תַּחַת יָדוֹ | ṭa-ḥaṯ yā-dô} ‘under his hand’ establishes a direct causal link.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־ו־תmem–waw–taw

“to cause to die”

• 🔊 מוּתmûtto dieGenesis 5:5