Numbers 20:4:7Num.20.4.W7TAB
לָמ֣וּת
lamut
“to die”
- Transliteration
- la-MUT
- Extended
- lah-MOOT
- IPA
- /laˈmuːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to die
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-MUT
- phraseyour reading level
la-MUT SHAM
- clause
la-MUT SHAM a-NAKH-nu u-ve-i-RE-nu
- sentence
ve-la-MA ha-ve-TEM et-ke-HAL Ye-ho-VAH el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZEH la-MUT SHAM a-NAKH-nu u-ve-i-RE-nu
Exegesis
The infinitive lā-mût {לָמ֣וּת | lā-mût} together with šām {שָׁ֔ם | šām} forms a purpose clause ‘to die there’.
Root and etymology
מ־ו־ת
“to die”
In context — Numbers 20:4
And why have you brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness , that we and our cattle should die there?
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 20:4, so the Hebrew word לָמ֣וּת (lamut) 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.20.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.4.W7.S1) and character.