תָמֻ֖תוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תָמֻ֖תוּ

   ta-MU-tu

   will you die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלָ֥מָּה תָמֻ֖תוּ

   ve-la-MA ta-MU-tu

   and why will you die
3. clause🔊 וְלָ֥מָּה תָמֻ֖תוּ בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-la-MA ta-MU-tu BET yis-ra-EL

   and why will you die house of Israel
4. sentence🔊 הַשְׁלִ֣יכוּ מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֗ם אֶת־כָּל־פִשְׁעֵיכֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פְּשַׁעְתֶּ֣ם בָּ֔ם וַעֲשׂ֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם לֵ֥ב חָדָ֖שׁ וְר֣וּחַ חֲדָשָׁ֑ה וְלָ֥מָּה תָמֻ֖תוּ בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   hash-li-KHU me-a-le-KHEM et-KOL-fi-she-E-khem a-SHER pe-sha-TEHM BAM va-a-SU la-KHEM LEV kha-DASH ve-RU-akh kha-da-SHA ve-la-MA ta-MU-tu BET yis-ra-EL

   throw away from upon you {direct object} all your transgressions which you committed transgression in them or against them and make for yourselves a heart new and a spirit new and why will you die house of Israel

Exegesis

The closing question velamah tamutu {וְלָמָּה תָמֻתוּ | wə-lā-māh tā-mu-tû} ‘and why will you die’ functions rhetorically, addressing the house of Israel {beit yisrael} as a corporate summons between life and death.