Exodus 22:2:5Exod.22.2.W5TABWLC Exodus 22:1
וָמֵ֑ת
vamet
“dies”
- Transliteration
- va-MET
- Extended
- vah-MEHT
- IPA
- /waˈmeːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- dies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
va-MET
- phraseyour reading level
ve-huk-KA va-MET
- clause
im-bam-makh-TE-ret yim-ma-TSE hag-gan-NAV ve-huk-KA va-MET
- sentence
im-bam-makh-TE-ret yim-ma-TSE hag-gan-NAV ve-huk-KA va-MET EN LO da-MIM
Exegesis
The apodosis chain yimmatse {יִמָּצֵא | yimmāṣēʾ} ‘he is found’, wehukkah {וְהֻכָּה | wəhukkāh} ‘and he is struck’, and vamet {וָמֵת | vāmêt} ‘and he dies’ consists of a Niphal imperfect followed by two vav-consecutive perfect forms, conveying immediate legal consequence.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–vav–tav
“to die”
In context — Exodus 22:2
If in the act of breaking in the thief is found and is struck and dies, there is no bloodguilt for him.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 22:2, so the Hebrew word וָמֵ֑ת (vamet) 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.22.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.2.W5.S1) and character.