Ezekiel 18:4:13Ezek.18.4.W13TAB
תָמֽוּת׃
tamut
“shall die”
- Transliteration
- ta-MUT
- Extended
- taa-MOOT
- IPA
- /taːˈmuːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall die
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ta-MUT
- phraseyour reading level
HI ta-MUT
- clause
ha-NE-fesh ha-kho-TE-et HI ta-MUT
- sentence
HEN kal-ha-ne-fa-SHOT LI HEN-na ke-NE-fesh ha-AV u-khe-NE-fesh ha-BEN li-HEN-na ha-NE-fesh ha-kho-TE-et HI ta-MUT
Exegesis
The final clause hanefesh ha-chotet hi tamut {הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַחֹטֵאת הִיא תָמֽוּת | han-nefeš ha-ḥōṭēt hîʾ tāmut} employs the participle ha-ḥōṭēt ‘the sinning one’ for continuous action and the Qal imperfect tāmut ‘will die’ for the consequence in a protasis-consequence structure.
Root and etymology
m-w-tmem–vav–tav
“to die”
In context — Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are Mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son—they are Mine; the soul that sins will die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 18:4, so the Hebrew word תָמֽוּת׃ (tamut) 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 Ezek.18.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.4.W13.S1) and character.