Exodus 22:10:9Exod.22.10.W9TABWLC Exodus 22:9
וּמֵ֛ת
oomet
“and dies”
- Transliteration
- oo-MET
- Extended
- oo-MEHT
- IPA
- /uː.ˈmeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and dies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-MET
- clause
oo-MET oh-nish-BAR oh-nish-BA EN ro-EH
- sentence
ki-yit-TEN EESH el-re-EH-hoo kha-MOR oh-SHOR oh-SEH ve-khol-be-he-MA lish-MOR oo-MET oh-nish-BAR oh-nish-BA EN ro-EH
Exegesis
A series of disjunctive o {אוֹ | o} ‘or’ links the Nifal perfect verbs umet {וּמֵת | umet} ‘it died’, nishbar {נִשְׁבַּר | nishbar} ‘it was broken’, and nishbah {נִשְׁבָּה | nishbah} ‘it was taken away’, enumerating adverse outcomes.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–vav–tav
“to die”
In context — Exodus 22:10
If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal for safekeeping , and it dies, or is broken, or is taken away while no one is watching :
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 22:10, so the Hebrew word וּמֵ֛ת (oomet) 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.22.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.10.W9.S1) and character.