Leviticus 24:16:4Lev.24.16.W4TAB
יוּמָ֔ת
yumat
“be put to death”
- Transliteration
- yu-MAT
- Extended
- yoo-MAAT
- IPA
- /juːˈmaːt/
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yu-MAT
- phraseyour reading level
MOT yu-MAT
- clause
veh-no-KEV shem-ye-ho-VAH MOT yu-MAT ra-GOM yir-ge-mu-BO kol-ha-e-DAH
- sentence
veh-no-KEV shem-ye-ho-VAH MOT yu-MAT ra-GOM yir-ge-mu-BO kol-ha-e-DAH kah-GER kah-ehz-RAKH beh-nahk-vo-SHEM yu-MAT
Exegesis
The paired infinitive absolutes mot yūmāt {מוֹת יוּמָ֔ת | mōṯ yū-māṯ} ‘surely death; he shall be put to death’ employ emphasis, and ragom yirgemu-bo {רָג֥וֹם יִרְגְּמוּ־ב֖וֹ | rā-gōm yir-gə-mū-bô} ‘stoning; they shall stone him’ underscores communal action.
The closing clause benokvo-shem yūmāt {בְּנָקְבוֹ־שֵׁ֖ם יוּמָֽת | bə-nā-qə-vō-šēm yū-māṯ} ‘when he blasphemes the name, he shall be put to death’ forms an inclusio with the opening. English renders the subject before the verb to satisfy SVO order while preserving Hebrew emphasis and clause sequence.
Root and etymology
RootMem-Vav-Taw
“to die”
In context — Leviticus 24:16
And whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the entire congregation shall stone him. As with the foreigner, so with the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he shall be put to death.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 24:16, so the Hebrew word יוּמָ֔ת (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.24.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.16.W4.S1) and character.