וּ/מֵ֖ת
𐤅/𐤌𐤕
mûwth
and dies
To die, to cease living; to come to the end of life through natural, violent, or judicial means. Functions both as an intransitive verb (to die, to perish) and, in derived stems, as a causative (to put to death, to kill). The semantic range extends metaphorically to describe the loss of vitality, the end of lineage, or spiritual death, and is used idiomatically for expressing certainty ('to surely die').
Exodus 21:20 · Word #10
Lexicon H4191
| Lemma | מוּת |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤌𐤅𐤕 |
| Transliteration | mûwth |
| Strong's | H4191 |
| Definition | To die, to cease living; to come to the end of life through natural, violent, or judicial means. Functions both as an intransitive verb (to die, to perish) and, in derived stems, as a causative (to put to death, to kill). The semantic range extends metaphorically to describe the loss of vitality, the end of lineage, or spiritual death, and is used idiomatically for expressing certainty ('to surely die'). |
Morphology HC/Vqq3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | q — Sequential Perfect — Perfect with waw-consecutive, continuing a narrative |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and dies |
SIBI-P1 Translation H4191-82
and he died
| Morphological Notes | Verb; Qal stem; sequential perfect (wayyiqtol); 3rd person masculine singular with prefixed conjunction וְ ('and'). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem expresses the simple intransitive action 'to die.' The sequential perfect (wayyiqtol) with prefixed conjunction conveys a completed past action in third masculine singular, hence 'and he died.' |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and he died
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | Standardized from "and he dies". The Hebrew verb here expresses the legal consequence (וּמֵת) and should be rendered consistently with the standard. The current present-tense rendering "and he dies" is awkward and inconsistent in this legal context; replacing it with the standard "and he died" (used elsewhere for this form) preserves consistency and does not mislead the sense of the law (often rendered as "shall die"). |