מ֣וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מ֣וֹת

   MOT

   surely
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑ת

   MOT yu-MAT

   surely be put to death
3. clause🔊 וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֘ תֹּאמַר֒ אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ֩ מִבְּנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וּמִן־הַגֵּ֣ר הַגָּ֣ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן מִזַּרְע֛וֹ לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑ת

   veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT

   say and to the sons of Israel any man man from the sons of Israel and from the stranger the stranger in Israel who gives from his offspring to Molech surely be put to death
4. sentence🔊 וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֘ תֹּאמַר֒ אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ֩ מִבְּנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וּמִן־הַגֵּ֣ר הַגָּ֣ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן מִזַּרְע֛וֹ לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑ת עַ֥ם הָאָ֖רֶץ יִרְגְּמֻ֥הוּ בָאָֽבֶן׃

   veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT AM ha-A-RETS yir-ge-MU-hu ba-A-ven

   say and to the sons of Israel any man man from the sons of Israel and from the stranger the stranger in Israel who gives from his offspring to Molech surely be put to death the people of the land stone him with stones

Exegesis

The emphatic death penalty uses the infinitive absolute mot {מוֹת | mōṯ} ‘die’ with the Niphal imperfect yūmāṯ {יוּמָ֑ת | yūmāṯ} ‘he shall die’ to convey certainty of execution.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־ו־תmem-waw-tav

“to die”