Leviticus 20:2:16Lev.20.2.W16TAB

יוּמָ֑ת

yumat

be put to death

Transliteration
yu-MAT
Extended
yoo-MAAT
IPA
/juːˈmaːt/

Meaning by language

English
be put to death

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Result
יוּ + מָ֑ת
yu + mat
yumat

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    yu-MAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    MOT yu-MAT

  3. clause

    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

  4. sentence

    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

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

m-w-tmem-vav-tav

to die

In contextLeviticus 20:2

And to the sons of Israel you shall say: Any man, any man from the sons of Israel and any sojourner in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 20:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 20:2, so the Hebrew word יוּמָ֑ת (yumat) 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.20.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.2.W16.S1) and character.