Leviticus 20:4:13Lev.20.4.W13TAB

הָמִ֥ית

hamit

“put to death”

Transliteration: ha-MIT
Extended: hah-MEET
IPA: /haˈmiːt/

Meaning by language

English: put to death

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Result

הָ + מִ֥ית

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ha + mit

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hamit

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Mem	m as in mother
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Tav	t as in top

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Word in context

word
ha-MIT
phraseyour reading level
ha-MIT o-TO
clause
le-vil-TI ha-MIT o-TO
sentence
ve-IM ha-e-LEM ya-e-li-MOO AM ha-A-rets et-ey-NEI-HEM min-ha-ISH ha-HU be-tit-TO mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh le-vil-TI ha-MIT o-TO

Exegesis

The apodosis begins with the negative purpose lə-vi-lṯî hamit oto {לְבִלְתִּי הָמִית אֹתֽוֹ | lə-vi-lṯî hammît ʾôtô} ‘so as not to kill him’. This protasis–apodosis pattern, typical of Hebrew legal texts, underscores causality and communal accountability by foregrounding the omission of justice before the prescribed penalty.

In context — Leviticus 20:4

And if the people of the land willfully hide their eyes from that man when he gives his offspring to Molekh, so as not to put him to death—

About this coordinate

Leviticus 20:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 20:4, so the Hebrew word הָמִ֥ית (hamit) 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.20.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.4.W13.S1) and character.

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