תָּמוּת֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תָּמוּת֙

   ta-MUT

   you shall die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשָׁ֤ם תָּמוּת֙

   ve-SHAM ta-MUT

   and there you shall die
3. clause🔊 וּבָבֶ֣ל תָּב֗וֹא וְשָׁ֤ם תָּמוּת֙ וְשָׁ֣ם תִּקָּבֵ֔ר אַתָּה֙ וְכָל־אֹ֣הֲבֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁר־נִבֵּ֥אתָ לָהֶ֖ם בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃

   u-va-VEL ta-VO ve-SHAM ta-MUT ve-SHAM ti-ka-VER a-TA ve-KHOL-o-ha-VE-kha a-sher-ni-BE-ta la-HEM ba-sha-KER

   and to Babylon you shall come and there you shall die and there you shall be buried you and all your friends or lovers whom you prophesied to them in the lie or falsely
4. sentence🔊 וְאַתָּ֣ה פַשְׁח֗וּר וְכֹל֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י בֵיתֶ֔ךָ תֵּלְכ֖וּ בַּשֶּׁ֑בִי וּבָבֶ֣ל תָּב֗וֹא וְשָׁ֤ם תָּמוּת֙ וְשָׁ֣ם תִּקָּבֵ֔ר אַתָּה֙ וְכָל־אֹ֣הֲבֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁר־נִבֵּ֥אתָ לָהֶ֖ם בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃

   ve-a-TA pash-khur ve-KHOL yo-she-VE be-TE-kha te-le-KHU ba-she-VI u-va-VEL ta-VO ve-SHAM ta-MUT ve-SHAM ti-ka-VER a-TA ve-KHOL-o-ha-VE-kha a-sher-ni-BE-ta la-HEM ba-sha-KER

   and you Pashhur and all those dwelling your house you shall go into the captivity and to Babylon you shall come and there you shall die and there you shall be buried you and all your friends or lovers whom you prophesied to them in the lie or falsely

Exegesis

The adverbial ve-sham {וְשָׁם | wə-šām} repeated before tamut {תָּמוּת | tā-mûṯ} and tiqaver {תִּקָּבֵר | tiq-qā-ḇêr} structures a culmination in exile, death, and burial. The Niphal imperfect tiqaver conveys a passive, inevitable outcome.

Root and etymology

m-w-t🔊 mem–vav–tav

“to die, cause to die”