יָמֽוּת׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָמֽוּת׃

   ya-MUT

   he shall die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֥א יָמֽוּת׃

   LO ya-MUT

   not he shall die
3. clause🔊 חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶ֖ה לֹ֥א יָמֽוּת׃

   kha-YO yikh-YE LO ya-MUT

   living he shall live not he shall die
4. sentence🔊 וְהָרָשָׁ֗ע כִּ֤י יָשׁוּב֙ מִכָּל־חטאתו חַטֹּאתָיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְשָׁמַר֙ אֶת־כָּל־חֻקּוֹתַ֔י וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָ֑ה חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶ֖ה לֹ֥א יָמֽוּת׃

   ve-ha-ra-SHA KI ya-SHUV mi-KAL-kha-ta-TO kha-to-TAIV a-SHER a-SA ve-sha-MAR et-KAL-khu-ko-TAI ve-a-SA mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA kha-YO yikh-YE LO ya-MUT

   and the wicked if turns back from all his sin his sins which he did and keeps all my statutes and does justice and righteousness living he shall live not he shall die

Exegesis

The infinitive absolute chayo {חָיֹה | ḥā-yō} coupled with the imperfect yichyeh {יִחְיֶה | yi-ḥyeh} underscores certainty of life, while lo yamut {לֹא יָמוּת | lōʾ yā-mûṯ} affirms the negation of death. English order shifts to subject-verb-object for readability while retaining the Hebrew conditional framework and emphatic elements.

Root and etymology

m-w-t🔊 מ־ו־תmem–waw–tav

“to die”