Numbers 15:35:4Num.15.35.W4TAB
מ֥וֹת
mot
“surely die”
- Transliteration
- MOT
- Extended
- MOHT
- IPA
- /moːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely die
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MOT
- phraseyour reading level
MOT yu-MAT
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh MOT yu-MAT ha-ISH
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh MOT yu-MAT ha-ISH ra-GOM o-TO ba-a-va-NIM kol-ha-e-DAH mi-KHUTS la-ma-KHA-neh
Exegesis
The emphatic infinitive absolute mot {מוֹת | mōṯ} immediately precedes the imperfect yumat {יוּמַת | yû-mat}, forming an emphatic construction ‘he shall surely die’.
Root and etymology
Rootm-w-t
“to die”
In context — Numbers 15:35
And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death ; the whole congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 15:35, so the Hebrew word מ֥וֹת (mot) 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 Num.15.35.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.35.W4.S1) and character.