Leviticus 20:16:11Lev.20.16.W11TAB
יוּמָ֖תוּ
yoomatoo
“be put to death”
- Transliteration
- yoo-ma-TOO
- Extended
- yoo-mah-TOO
- IPA
- /juː.ma.ˈθuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- be put to death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yoo-ma-TOO
- 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
Rootyod mem 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 20:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 20:16, so the Hebrew word יוּמָ֖תוּ (yoomatoo) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.16.W11.S1) and character.