יָמֻֽתוּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָמֻֽתוּ׃

   ya-MU-tu

   they will die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשָׁ֥ם יָמֻֽתוּ׃

   ve-SHAM ya-MU-tu

   and there they will die
3. clause🔊 בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה יִתַּ֖מּוּ וְשָׁ֥ם יָמֻֽתוּ׃

   ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-ta-MU ve-SHAM ya-MU-tu

   in the wilderness this they shall be finished and there they will die
4. sentence🔊 אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ דִּבַּרְתִּי֒ אִם־לֹ֣א זֹ֣את אֽ͏ֶעֱשֶׂ֗ה לְכָל־הָעֵדָ֤ה הָֽרָעָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את הַנּוֹעָדִ֖ים עָלָ֑י בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה יִתַּ֖מּוּ וְשָׁ֥ם יָמֻֽתוּ׃

   a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-ta-MU ve-SHAM ya-MU-tu

   I LORD have spoken if not this I will do to all the congregation the wicked this who are assembled against me in the wilderness this they shall be finished and there they will die

Exegesis

The result statement ba-midbar ha-zeh yitammu ve-sham yamutu {בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה יִתַּמּוּ וְשָׁם יָמֻתוּ | ba-middbār haz-zéh yittammû wə-šām yāmūtû} uses imperfect verbs in a temporal-locative structure to signal the finality of divine retribution. English rendering shifts from VSO to SVO and transforms the Hebrew participle into a relative clause to preserve the emphasis on collective rebellion and punishment.