Leviticus 20:16:10Lev.20.16.W10TAB
מ֥וֹת
mot
“surely”
- Transliteration
- MOT
- Extended
- MOHT
- IPA
- /moːθ/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
MOT
- phraseyour reading level
MOT yoo-ma-TOO
- clause
MOT yoo-ma-TOO deh-mei-HEM BAHM
- sentence
veh-ISH-SHAH a-SHER tik-RAV el-kol-be-he-MAH leh-riv-AH o-TAH veh-hah-rag-TAA et-hah-ish-SHAH veh-et-hab-beh-heh-MAAH MOT yoo-ma-TOO deh-mei-HEM BAHM
Exegesis
yumatu {מוֹת … יוּמָתוּ | mûṯ … yû-mā-ṭû} forms an emphatic punitive formula.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-waw-tav
“to die”
In context — Leviticus 20:16
And a woman who approaches any animal for mating with it shall be killed—both the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death; their blood is on them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 20:16, 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.20.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.16.W10.S1) and character.