תָּמֹ֤ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תָּמֹ֤ת

   ta-MOT

   let {me} die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 תָּמֹ֤ת נַפְשִׁי֙

   ta-MOT naf-SHI

   let {me} die my soul
3. clause🔊 תָּמֹ֤ת נַפְשִׁי֙ מ֣וֹת יְשָׁרִ֔ים וּתְהִ֥י אַחֲרִיתִ֖י כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

   ta-MOT naf-SHI MOT ye-sha-RIM u-te-HI a-kha-ri-TI ka-MO-hu

   let {me} die my soul the death of the upright and let be my end like his
4. sentence🔊 מִ֤י מָנָה֙ עֲפַ֣ר יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּמִסְפָּ֖ר אֶת־רֹ֣בַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תָּמֹ֤ת נַפְשִׁי֙ מ֣וֹת יְשָׁרִ֔ים וּתְהִ֥י אַחֲרִיתִ֖י כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

   MI ma-NA a-FAR ya-a-KOV u-mis-PAR ET-RO-va yis-ra-EL ta-MOT naf-SHI MOT ye-sha-RIM u-te-HI a-kha-ri-TI ka-MO-hu

   Who has counted the dust of Jacob or number the fourth part of Israel let {me} die my soul the death of the upright and let be my end like his

Exegesis

The Qal cohortatives tāmōt nap̄šî {תָּמֹת נַפְשִׁי | tāmōt nap̄šî} ‘let my soul die’ and ū-tᵊhî ʾaḥărîtî {וּתְהִי אַחֲרִיתִי | ū-tᵊhî ʾaḥărîtî} ‘and let my end be’ express the speaker’s earnest wish.