Leviticus 20:13:10Lev.20.13.W10TAB
מ֥וֹת
mot
“surely”
- Transliteration
- MOT
- Extended
- MOHT
- IPA
- /moːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
MOT
- phraseyour reading level
MOT yu-ma-TU
- clause
MOT yu-ma-TU de-MEI-HEM BAM
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM MOT yu-ma-TU de-MEI-HEM BAM
Exegesis
The infinitive absolute mot {מוֹת | mōṯ} ‘dying’ plus the imperfect yu-ma-tu {יוּמָתוּ | yū-mā-tū} ‘they shall die’ form an emphatic verbal sequence enforcing the death penalty.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-waw-tav
“to die”
In context — Leviticus 20:13
And a man who lies with a male as with a woman has committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death, and their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 20:13, so the Hebrew word מ֥וֹת (mot) 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 Lev.20.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.13.W10.S1) and character.