מ֥וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מ֥וֹת

   MOT

   to die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃

   MOT yu-MAT

   to die he shall surely be put to death
3. clause🔊 כִּי֩ הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה הָיְתָ֗ה לַ֠אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָ֨ה אֶל־יְהוָ֧ה הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה לֵאמֹ֖ר מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃

   KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ye-TA la-a-SHER lo-A-la el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA le-mor MOT yu-MAT

   for the oath the great was concerning the one who did not go up to the LORD to Mizpah saying to die he shall surely be put to death
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִ֠י אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־עָלָ֧ה בַקָּהָ֛ל מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּי֩ הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה הָיְתָ֗ה לַ֠אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָ֨ה אֶל־יְהוָ֧ה הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה לֵאמֹ֖ר מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃

   va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL MI a-SHER lo-A-la ba-ka-HAL mik-kol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-VAH KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ye-TA la-a-SHER lo-A-la el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA le-mor MOT yu-MAT

   and they said sons of Israel who that did not go up in the assembly from all the tribes of Israel to the LORD for the oath the great was concerning the one who did not go up to the LORD to Mizpah saying to die he shall surely be put to death

Exegesis

Finally, the sequence mōṯ yûmatt {מֹות יֻמָּת | mōṯ yûmatt} ‘dying, he shall be put to death’ combines an infinitive absolute and a finite verb to intensify the certainty of the death penalty. The structure moves from inquiry to covenantal legislation, highlighting collective responsibility under divine authority.

Root and etymology

מ־ו־ת🔊 Mem–Waw–Tavm-w-t

“to die”

• 🔊 מָוֶתmavetdeathPsalm 23:4