יָמֽוּת׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָמֽוּת׃

   ya-MUT

   he will die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 דְרָכָ֣יו יומת יָמֽוּת׃

   de-ra-KHAV yu-MAT ya-MUT

   his ways will be put to death he will die
3. clause🔊 בּוֹזֵ֖ה דְרָכָ֣יו יומת יָמֽוּת׃

   bo-ZE de-ra-KHAV yu-MAT ya-MUT

   one despising his ways will be put to death he will die
4. sentence🔊 שֹׁמֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה שֹׁמֵ֣ר נַפְשׁ֑וֹ בּוֹזֵ֖ה דְרָכָ֣יו יומת יָמֽוּת׃

   sho-MER mits-VA sho-MER naf-SHO bo-ZE de-ra-KHAV yu-MAT ya-MUT

   one keeping or guarding a commandment keeps or guards his life or his soul one despising his ways will be put to death he will die

Exegesis

The first clause’s predicate shomer nap̄shô {שֹׁמֵ֣ר נַפְשׁ֑וֹ | šōmēr nap̄·šōw} ‘keeps his soul’ conveys self-preservation, while the second clause’s predicate yāmut {יָמוּת׃ | yā·mūṯ} ‘he will die’ expresses the result without a conjunction. The structure highlights cause–effect logic, contrasting obedience with preservation and contempt with death, and the participles function as verbal nouns in a succinct, direct style.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־ו־תmem–waw–tav

“to die”

• 🔊 מָוֶתmā·vēṯdeathGenesis 4:8