STRONGS H4191:
Abbreviations
מוּת verb die (Late Hebrew
id. (rare); Assyrian
mâtu Dl
HWB 395, Arabic
, Ethiopic
, Aramaic
מוּת,
מִית,
; Nabataean
מות Eut
Nab 14, 6; Zinjirli
מת DHM
Sendsch. Glossary); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מֵת Genesis 42:38 +;
3rd person feminine singular מֵ֫תָה Genesis 35:18 +;
2nd person masculine singular מַתֶּה Ezekiel 28:8;
1st person singular וָמַ֑תִּי Genesis 19:19;
3rd person masculine plural מֵ֫תוּ Genesis 7:22 +; 1st person plural
מַתְנוּ Numbers 14:2;
2 Kings 7:4;
מָ֑תְנוּ Numbers 14:9 +;
Imperfect יָמוּת Genesis 38:11 +;
יָמֹ֑ת Deuteronomy 33:6 +;
וַיָּ֫מָת Genesis 11:28 +;
1st person singular אָמוּת Genesis 26:9 +;
אָמֻת 2 Samuel 19:38;
אָמוּ֫תָה Genesis 46:30;
3rd person masculine plural יָמ֫וּתוּ 1 Samuel 2:23 +;
יְמֻתוּן Numbers 16:29;
3rd person feminine plural תְּמוּתֶ֫נָה Ezekiel 13:19 (Ges
§ 72, 5) +;
Imperative מֻת Deuteronomy 32:50;
Job 2:9;
Infinitive absolute מוֺת Genesis 2:17 +;
construct מוּת Genesis 25:32 +; suffix
מוּתִי 2 Samuel 19:1;
מֻתָן 2 Samuel 20:3, etc.;
Participle מֵת Genesis 20:3 +; suffix
מֵתִי Genesis 23:4 +;
feminine singular מֵתָה Genesis 30:1;
Zechariah 11:9; plural
מֵתִים Exodus 12:33 +; construct
מֵתֵי Isaiah 22:2 +; suffix
מֵתֶיךָ Isaiah 26:19; —
1. die, of natural or other causes:
a.
(1) of man, וַיִּגְוִע וַיָּמָת and he expired and died Genesis 25:8 (+ בְּשֵׂיבֶה טוֺבָה, see below), Genesis 25:17; Genesis 35:29 (P); וַיָּמָת וַיִּקָּבֵר Judges 10:2, 5; Judges 8:32; Judges 12:7, 10, 12, 15; 2 Samuel 17:23; וימלך תַּחְתָּיו וימת and he died and — reigned in his stead Genesis 36:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 (P), 2 Samuel 10:1 = 1 Chronicles 19:1; 2 Kings 1:17; 2 Kings 8:15; 2 Kings 13:24; 1 Chronicles 1:44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; וימת בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֺבָה and he died in a good old age 1 Chronicles 29:28 (+ Genesis 25:8, see above); as the result of smiting הכה Exodus 21:18, 20, 22 (E); + במלחמה Deuteronomy 20:5, 6, 7; 2 Samuel 19:11; בַּחֶרֶב Jeremiah 11:22; ברעב Jeremiah 11:22; מפני הדעב Jeremiah 38:9; בְּדֶבֶר Jeremiah 21:6; באבן Numbers 35:17, 23 (P); בַּמַּגֵּפָה Numbers 14:37; Numbers 17:14; Numbers 25:9 (P).
(2) figurative of wisdom, תָּמוּת חָכְמָה עִמָּכֶם Job 12:22; of courage, וַיָּמָת לִבּוֺ בְּקִרְבּוֺ and his heart died within him 1 Samuel 25:37. — 2 Samuel 2:31 strike out מֵ֑תוּ We Dr Kit Bu, compare .
b. of animals Leviticus 11:39; cattle Genesis 33:13 (J), fish Exodus 7:18 (E), frogs Exodus 8:9 (J), lion Ecclesiastes 9:4, worm Isaiah 66:24; כֶּלֶב מֵת, dead dog (in proverb) 1 Samuel 24:15; 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 16:9.
c. a tree Job 14:8.
d. זִבְחֵי מֵתִים Psalm 106:28 sacrifices to the dead (idols).
2. die as a penalty = be put to death:
a. by human authority Genesis 42:20; Exodus 10:28; Exodus 21:14 (E), Genesis 44:9; Joshua 2:14 (J), Leviticus 20:20 (H), Numbers 35:12, 30 (twice in verse) (P), especially D, Deuteronomy 17:2, 6; Deuteronomy 18:20; Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 22:22, 25; Deuteronomy 24:7; Judges 6:30; 1 Samuel 14:43, 45 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 19:24; Jeremiah 38:24; יָמוּת מוֹת, die = be put to a violent death (> AV RV surely die), 1 Samuel 14:39, 44; 1 Samuel 22:16; 1 Kings 2:37, 42 (all Judaic), Jeremiah 26:8, all of capital punishment; 2 Kings 8:10 (Ehpraimitic source) cf assassination; מוֺת יוּמַת be put to a violent death, in the codes of Exodus 21:12, 15, 16, 17; Exodus 22:18 (E), Leviticus 20:2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 27; Leviticus 24:16, 17 (H), Exodus 31:14, 15; Numbers 15:35; Numbers 35:16, 17, 18, 21, 31; Leviticus 27:29 (P; never in D; D uses verb, either Qal or Hiph., without infinitive absolute); it is used in narratives Genesis 26:11 (J), Exodus 19:12 (E), Judges 21:5. מ׳ is preceded by רגם Numbers 15:36 (P), Deuteronomy 21:21; 1 Kings 12:18 2 Chronicles 10:18; 1 Kings 21:13; סקל Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 17:5; Deuteronomy 22:21, 24; 1 Kings 21:10, 13, 14, 15; פגע 1 Kings 2:25, 46; רמס 2 Kings 7:17, 20; בְּיַד גֹּאֵל Joshua 20:9 (P).
b. inflicted by God, Genesis 20:3; Genesis 20:19; Joshua 10:11 (E), Genesis 3:3; Genesis 38:11; Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:36 (J), Exodus 28:35; Exodus 30:20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 10:2, 6, 7, 9; Leviticus 16:1, 2, 13; Numbers 3:4; Numbers 4:19, 20; Numbers 14:35; Numbers 17:14; Numbers 17:28; Numbers 17:35; Numbers 18:3; Numbers 18:32; Numbers 26:11; Numbers 26:61 (P), Deuteronomy 5:22 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 18:16; Judges 6:23; 1 Samuel 5:12; 1 Samuel 12:19; 1 Samuel 25:17, 38, 39; 2 Samuel 6:7; 2 Samuel 12:13; 1 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 14:6 2 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 24:2; 2 Chronicles 13:20; 2 Kings 19:35 = Isaiah 37:36; Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:4, 20, 21, 28; Ezekiel 33:15; מוֺת יָמוּת Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:4 (J), Genesis 20:7 (E), Judges 13:21, 22; 2 Samuel 12:14; 2 Samuel 14:14; 2 Kings 1:4, 6, 16 (all Judaic), Numbers 26:65 (P), Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 33:8, 14; מוֺת יוּמַת Ezekiel 18:13, ביד יהוה Exodus 16:3 (P); בחטא Leviticus 22:9 (H), Numbers 27:3 (P), 2 Kings 14:6 2 Chronicles 25:4; לשׂאת חטא למות Numbers 18:22 (P); בחטאת Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24; בטמאה Leviticus 15:21 (P); ביון Jeremiah 31:30; Ezekiel 3:18, 19; Ezekiel 18:17, 18; Ezekiel 33:8, 9; לא ישׂאו עון זמתו Exodus 28:43; Numbers 4:15 (P); בעול Ezekiel 18:26; Ezekiel 33:13, 18; על עול Ezekiel 18:26; במעל 1 Chronicles 10:13.
c. die, perish, of a nation by divine judgment, Moab Amos 2:2, Ephraim Hosea 13:1; בית ישׂראל Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 33:1.
d. die prematurely, by neglect of wise moral conduct Proverbs 5:23; Proverbs 10:21; Proverbs 15:10; Proverbs 19:16; Proverbs 23:13; EC Proverbs 7:17. —
Note. On (לַבֵּן) עַלמֿוּת Psalm 9:1; Psalm 48:15 see עַלְמָה below II. עלם.
Po`lel. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix
מוֺתְתַנִי Jeremiah 20:17;
1st person singular מֹתַתִּי 2 Samuel 1:16;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְמֹתְתֵהוּ 1 Samuel 17:51;
3rd person feminine singular תְּמוֺתֵת Psalm 34:22;
1st person singular suffix אֲמֹתְתֵהוּ 2 Samuel 1:10;
Imperative suffix
מוֺתְתֵנִי Judges 9:54;
מֹתְתֵנִי 2 Samuel 1:9; infinitive
מוֺתֵת Psalm 109:16;
Participle מְמוֺתֵת 1 Samuel 14:13; —
kill, put to death, despatch (intensive), absolute
1 Samuel 14:13, elsewhere with accusative
Judges 9:54;
1 Samuel 17:51;
2 Samuel 1:9,
10,
16;
Jeremiah 20:17;
Psalm 34:22;
Psalm 109:16.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵמִית Judges 16:30 +; suffix
וֶהֱמִתָ֑נִי 2 Samuel 14:32;
הֱמִיתָם Jeremiah 41:8;
3rd person feminine singular suffix הֱמִיתָ֑תְהוּ 2 Chronicles 22:11;
2nd person masculine singular הֵמַתָּה Numbers 14:15;
1st person singular suffix הֲמִיתִּיו (read
הֲמִתִּיו)
1 Samuel 17:35;
3rd person masculine plural הֵמִיתוּ 1 Samuel 30:2 +, etc.;
Imperfect יָמִית Numbers 35:19 +;
וַיָּ֫מֶת Genesis 38:10 +; suffix
יְמִיתֵהוּ 1 Kings 13:24 +;
יְמִתֶנּוּ Numbers 35:19 +;
Imperative suffix
הֲמִיתֵנִי 1 Samuel 20:8; plural
הָמִיתוּ 1 Samuel 22:17;
Infinitive absolute הָמֵת 2 Kings 11:15 +;
construct הָמִית Leviticus 20:4 +;
Participle מֵמִית 1 Samuel 2:6; pl,
מְמִיתִים 2 Kings 17:26;
Job 33:22;
מְמִתִים Jeremiah 26:15; —
kill, put to death
1. absolute Job 9:23, elsewhere with accusative, subject man,
a. of killing men in personal combat, or in war, often preceded by הכּה smite Joshua 10:26; Joshua 11:17; Joshua 17:50 +; of destroying a city 2 Samuel 20:19 (|| השׁחית 2 Samuel 20:20).
b. by authority, especially in capital punishment Exodus 1:16 (E), Leviticus 20:4 (H), Numbers 35:19 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:21 (P), Deuteronomy 9:10; Deuteronomy 17:7; Judges 20:13; 1 Samuel 11:12; 1 Samuel 28:9; 2 Samuel 14:7, 32; 2 Samuel 21:4; 1 Kings 2:26, 34; 1 Kings 11:40; 1 Kings 19:17 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 14:6 2 Chronicles 25:4; Isaiah 11:4; Jeremiah 26:15, 21, 24; Jeremiah 38:15, 16, 25; Esther 4:11; בַּחֶרֶב 1 Kings 1:51; 1 Kings 2:8; 2 Kings 11:20 2 Chronicles 23:21; הָמֵת יָמִית Judges 15:13; 1 Kings 3:26, 27; Jeremiah 26:19; Jeremiah 38:15.
2. subject God, by inflicting penalty, absolute Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7, elsewhere with accusative Genesis 18:25; Genesis 38:7, 10; Exodus 4:24; Numbers 14:15 (J), Deuteronomy 9:28; Judges 13:23; 1 Samuel 2:25; 1 Samuel 5:10, 11; 1 Chronicles 2:3; 1 Chronicles 10:14; Isaiah 65:15; Hosea 9:16; ברעב Isaiah 14:30; בצמא Hosea 2:5; of killing fish Psalm 105:29; מְמִיתִים Job 33:22 executioners, angels of death.
3. of animals killing men, e.g. ox Exodus 21:29 (E), lion 1 Kings 13:24, 26; 2 Kings 17:26.
4. bring to a premature death Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 21:25.
Hoph. Perfect הוּמָ֑ת 2 Kings 11:2 +;
3rd person masculine plural הֻמְתוּ 2 Samuel 21:9;
Imperfect יוּמַת Leviticus 20:10 +;
יוּמָ֑ת Genesis 26:11 +;
Participle מוּמָת 1 Samuel 19:11, plural
מוּמָתִים 2 Kings 11:2 (Qr),
2 Chronicles 22:11; —
be killed, put to death:
1. by conspiracy 2 Kings 11:2 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Kings 11:8, 15, 16; 2 Chronicles 23:7, 14.
2. by capital punishment Exodus 21:29 (E), Exodus 35:2; Numbers 1:15; Numbers 3:10, 38; Numbers 18:7 (P), Leviticus 19:20; Leviticus 24:16, 21 (H), Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 17:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 21:22; Deuteronomy 24:16 (3 times in verse) = 2 Kings 14:6 (twice in verse), Joshua 1:18 (all D) Judges 6:31; 1 Samuel 11:13; 1 Samuel 19:6, 11; 1 Samuel 20:32; 2 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 19:23; 2 Samuel 21:9; 1 Kings 2:24; 2 Chronicles 15:13; Jeremiah 38:4, and the phrase מוֺת יוּמת (see Qal 2a).
3. by divine infliction, in the phrase מות יוּמת (see Qal 2b).
4. die prematurely Proverbs 19:16.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H4193.
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Genesis
2:17; 2:17; 3:3; 3:4; 7:22; 11:28; 18:25; 19:19; 20:3; 20:3; 20:7; 23:4; 25:8; 25:8; 25:17; 25:32; 26:9; 26:11; 26:11; 30:1; 33:13; 35:18; 35:29; 36:33; 36:34; 36:35; 36:36; 36:37; 36:38; 36:39; 38:7; 38:10; 38:10; 38:11; 38:11; 42:20; 42:38; 44:9; 46:30
Exodus
1:16; 4:24; 7:18; 8:9; 10:28; 11:5; 12:33; 12:36; 16:3; 19:12; 21:12; 21:14; 21:15; 21:16; 21:17; 21:18; 21:20; 21:22; 21:29; 21:29; 22:18; 28:35; 28:43; 30:20; 31:14; 31:15; 35:2
Leviticus
8:35; 10:2; 10:6; 10:7; 10:9; 11:39; 15:21; 16:1; 16:2; 16:13; 19:20; 20:2; 20:4; 20:4; 20:9; 20:10; 20:10; 20:11; 20:12; 20:13; 20:15; 20:16; 20:20; 20:27; 22:9; 24:16; 24:16; 24:17; 24:21; 27:29
Numbers
1:15; 3:4; 3:10; 3:38; 4:15; 4:19; 4:20; 14:2; 14:9; 14:15; 14:15; 14:35; 14:37; 15:35; 15:36; 16:29; 18:3; 18:7; 18:22; 18:32; 25:9; 26:11; 26:61; 26:65; 27:3; 35:12; 35:16; 35:17; 35:17; 35:18; 35:19; 35:19; 35:19; 35:21; 35:21; 35:23; 35:30; 35:31
Deuteronomy
5:22; 9:10; 9:28; 13:6; 13:11; 17:2; 17:5; 17:6; 17:6; 17:7; 18:16; 18:20; 19:12; 20:5; 20:6; 20:7; 21:21; 21:22; 22:21; 22:22; 22:24; 22:25; 24:7; 24:16; 32:39; 32:50; 33:6
Joshua
1:18; 2:14; 10:11; 10:26; 11:17; 20:9
Judges
6:23; 6:30; 6:31; 8:32; 9:54; 9:54; 10:2; 10:5; 12:7; 12:10; 12:12; 12:15; 13:21; 13:22; 13:23; 15:13; 16:30; 20:13; 21:5
1 Samuel
2:6; 2:6; 2:23; 2:25; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 11:12; 11:13; 12:19; 14:13; 14:13; 14:39; 14:43; 14:44; 14:45; 17:35; 17:51; 17:51; 19:6; 19:11; 19:11; 19:24; 20:8; 20:32; 22:16; 22:17; 24:15; 25:17; 25:37; 25:38; 25:39; 28:9; 30:2
2 Samuel
1:9; 1:9; 1:10; 1:10; 1:16; 1:16; 2:31; 6:7; 9:8; 10:1; 12:13; 12:14; 14:7; 14:14; 14:32; 14:32; 16:9; 17:23; 19:1; 19:11; 19:22; 19:23; 19:38; 20:3; 20:19; 20:20; 21:4; 21:9; 21:9
1 Kings
1:51; 2:8; 2:24; 2:25; 2:26; 2:34; 2:37; 2:42; 2:46; 3:26; 3:27; 11:40; 12:18; 13:24; 13:24; 13:26; 19:4; 19:17; 21:10; 21:13; 21:13; 21:14; 21:15
2 Kings
1:4; 1:6; 1:16; 1:17; 5:7; 7:4; 7:17; 7:20; 8:10; 8:15; 11:2; 11:2; 11:2; 11:8; 11:15; 11:15; 11:16; 11:20; 13:24; 14:6; 14:6; 14:6; 14:6; 17:26; 17:26; 19:35
1 Chronicles
1:44; 1:45; 1:46; 1:47; 1:48; 1:49; 1:50; 2:3; 10:13; 10:14; 19:1; 24:2; 29:28
2 Chronicles
10:18; 13:20; 15:13; 22:11; 22:11; 22:11; 23:7; 23:14; 23:21; 25:4; 25:4; 25:4
Esther
4:11
Job
2:9; 9:23; 12:22; 14:8; 33:22; 33:22
Psalms
9:1; 34:22; 34:22; 105:29; 106:28; 109:16; 109:16
Proverbs
5:23; 7:17; 10:21; 15:10; 19:16; 19:16; 19:18; 21:25; 23:13
Ecclesiastes
9:4
Isaiah
11:4; 14:30; 22:2; 26:19; 37:36; 65:15; 66:24
Jeremiah
11:22; 11:22; 20:17; 20:17; 21:6; 26:8; 26:15; 26:15; 26:19; 26:21; 26:24; 31:30; 38:4; 38:9; 38:15; 38:15; 38:16; 38:24; 38:25; 41:8
Ezekiel
3:18; 3:18; 3:19; 3:20; 3:20; 13:19; 18:4; 18:13; 18:17; 18:18; 18:20; 18:21; 18:24; 18:26; 18:26; 18:28; 18:31; 28:8; 33:1; 33:8; 33:8; 33:9; 33:13; 33:14; 33:15; 33:18
Hosea
2:5; 9:16; 13:1
Amos
2:2
Zechariah
11:9