תָּמ֔וּת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תָּמ֔וּת

   ta-MUT

   you shall die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּי־מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת

   ki-MOT ta-MUT

   that surely you shall die
3. clause🔊 וְאִם־אֵֽינְךָ֣ מֵשִׁ֗יב דַּ֚ע כִּי־מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת אַתָּ֖ה וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ׃

   ve-im-ei-ne-KHA me-SHIV DA ki-MOT ta-MUT at-TA ve-khol-a-sher-LAKH

   but if you do not return know that surely you and all that is yours you shall die
4. sentence🔊 וְעַתָּ֗ה הָשֵׁ֤ב אֵֽשֶׁת־הָאִישׁ֙ כִּֽי־נָבִ֣יא ה֔וּא וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל בּֽ͏ַעַדְךָ֖ וֶֽחְיֵ֑ה וְאִם־אֵֽינְךָ֣ מֵשִׁ֗יב דַּ֚ע כִּי־מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת אַתָּ֖ה וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ׃

   ve-at-TA ha-SHEV e-shet-ha-ISH ki-na-VI HU ve-yit-pal-LEL ba-a-de-KHA ve-khe-YE ve-im-ei-ne-KHA me-SHIV DA ki-MOT ta-MUT at-TA ve-khol-a-sher-LAKH

   and now return wife of the man he for a prophet will pray for you live but if you do not return know that surely you and all that is yours you shall die

Exegesis

The conditional protasis we-im-enkha meshiv {וְאִם־אֵינְךָ מֵשִׁיב | wə-ʾim-ʾên-ḵā mē-šîḇ} ‘and if you do not return’ sets up the warning, followed by the imperative da {דַּע | daʿ} ‘know’ introducing the apodosis ki-mot tamut {כִּי־מֹות תָּמוּת | kî-môṯ tā-mûṯ} ‘that you shall surely die.’

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־ו־תMem–Vav–Tav

“to die”

• 🔊 מָוֶתmā-veṯdeathPsalm 23:4