Leviticus 24:21:6Lev.24.21.W6TAB
יוּמָֽת׃
yoomaat
“shall be put to death”
- Transliteration
- yoo-MAAT
- Extended
- yoo-MAAT
- IPA
- /juˈmaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall 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
yoo-MAAT
- clause
oo-ma-KEH ah-DAAM yoo-MAAT
- sentence
oo-ma-KEH be-he-MAH ye-shal-le-MEN-nah oo-ma-KEH ah-DAAM yoo-MAAT
Exegesis
The second predicate yumath {יוּמָֽת | yūmāṯ}, a Hophal imperfect passive, articulates the capital penalty for homicide. The adversative vav before the second clause functions as ‘but’ to contrast economic redress with the severity of taking a human life.
Root and etymology
RootMem-Vav-Taw
“to die”
In context — Leviticus 24:21
And whoever kills an animal shall make restitution for it, but whoever kills a human being shall be put to death .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 24:21, so the Hebrew word יוּמָֽת׃ (yoomaat) 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.24.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.21.W6.S1) and character.