מוּת

to die

also: kill, have one executed fuller range ↓

H4191 Strong's Hebrew

mûwth Transliteration

/mooth/ Pronunciation

Usage in the Hebrew Bible 839 appearances

Definition — BDB

to die, kill, have one executed - (Qal) - to die - to die (as penalty), be put to death - to die, perish (of a nation) - to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) - (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch - (Hiphil) to kill, put to death - (Hophal) - to be killed, be put to death - to die prematurely

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Strong's H4191 — מות (mûwth), "to die". Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB, 1906). Lemma, https://lemma.gebible.app/w/H4191.

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Verb: An action or state-of-being word.
Noun: A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.

Common: A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.

Qal: The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘die’
Hophal: The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”). Here: ‘by conspiracy 2 K 11’
Hiphil: The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘of killing men in personal combat’
Polel: A stem of hollow/geminate roots functioning like the Piel — intensive active.

Sequential Imperfect: An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
Imperfect: An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
Infinitive Absolute: An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
Perfect: A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
Sequential Perfect: A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
Infinitive Construct: A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
Participle Active: A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
Imperative: A direct command (“write!”).
Jussive: A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
Participle Passive: A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
Cohortative: A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).

Absolute: The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Construct: A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).

3rd Person: The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
2nd Person: The one addressed (“you”).
1st Person: The speaker (“I / we”).

Masculine: Grammatically masculine.
Common: Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Feminine: Grammatically feminine.

Singular: One.
Plural: More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).

129 distinct verses where H4191 appears in the Hiphil stem, across 21 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.

Genesis 5 verses

Exodus 5 verses

Leviticus 1 verse

Leviticus 20:4 הָמִ֥ית Hiphil inf.cs If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't put him to death;

Numbers 5 verses

Deuteronomy 4 verses

Joshua 2 verses

Judges 4 verses

1 Samuel 21 verses

2 Samuel 14 verses

1 Kings 15 verses

2 Kings 15 verses

1 Chronicles 3 verses

2 Chronicles 8 verses

Esther 1 verse

Esther 4:11 לְ/הָמִ֔ית prep + Hiphil inf.cs All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.

Job 3 verses

Psalms 3 verses

Proverbs 2 verses

Isaiah 3 verses

Jeremiah 12 verses

Ezekiel 1 verse

Ezekiel 13:19 לְ/הָמִ֤ית תְמוּתֶ֔נָה prep + Hiphil inf.cs Qal impf 3fp You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.

Hosea 2 verses

At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.

The Hebrew verb מות centers on the idea of “to die.” Where the King James Version keeps “slay,” modern versions use “died” — see the renderings breakdown. It appears 695 verses across 28 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 2:17. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 4 stems, among them Qal and Hiphil. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890

[idiom] at all

Modern gloss

to die

About this word

Strong's H4191 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

695: distinct verses; The word appears in 695 distinct verses.
28 / 39: OT books; The word appears in 28 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 2:17: first appearance; The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 2:17.
Zechariah 11:9: last appearance; The latest occurrence is in Zechariah 11:9.
#54: by frequency; Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 54 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

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Most concentrated in

Genesis 72 verses 10%
2 Samuel 61 verses 9%
Numbers 57 verses 8%

By section of the Old Testament

Pentateuch 242 · 35%
Historical 299 · 43%
Wisdom 46 · 7%
Prophets 108 · 16%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 695 distinct verses.

Prophets (Nevi'im) 353 verses · 51%
Torah (Pentateuch) 242 verses · 35%
Writings (Ketuvim) 100 verses · 14%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

King James Version: Died 97×, Die 57×, Dead 49×
American Standard Version: Died 97×, Die 48×, Dead 37×
Berean Standard Bible: Died 98×, Die 65×, Dead 44×
unfoldingWord Literal Text: Died 97×, Die 85×, He died 57×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H4191 across 833 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Died” 97×
“Die” 57×
“Dead” 49×
“He died” 41×
“Shall die” 30×
“Be put to death” 29×
“Was dead” 28×
“Slay” 27×
“Slew” 23×
“He die” 18×
“Is dead” 14×
“Shall surely” 14×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 174 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H4191 across 831 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Died” 97×
“Die” 48×
“Dead” 37×
“He died” 35×
“Be put to death” 32×
“Shall die” 27×
“Death” 23×
“Him” 19×
“Was dead” 19×
“Slay” 18×
“Shall surely” 15×
“Dieth” 13×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 227 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H4191 across 771 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Died” 98×
“Die” 65×
“Dead” 44×
“He died” 39×
“Will die” 39×
“Death” 29×
“Dies” 17×
“You will die” 17×
“Is dead” 16×
“Must surely be put to death” 16×
“Be put to death” 15×
“He will die” 14×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 141 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 69 further occurrences.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H4191 across 995 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Died” 97×
“Die” 85×
“He died” 57×
“And” 49×
“Dead” 39×
“Dying” 39×
“Will die” 34×
“Then” 23×
“Had died” 21×
“Dies” 17×
“Shall” 17×
“Kill” 16×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 112 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

25 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB

Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil) and one or more reduplicated stems (the Pōlēl/Pilpēl type), which for hollow or geminate roots behave much like Piel — often intensive or iterative.

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol	Meaning
𝔊	the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙	the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖	the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗	the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ	the Psalms
√	root (the underlying root or stem)
‖	parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
†	the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 25 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

Qal

Pf. 3 ms. מֵת Gn 42:38 +; 3 fs. מֵ֫תָה Gn 35:18 +; 2 ms. מַתָּה Ez 28:8; 1 s. וָמַ֑תִּי Gn 19:19; 3 mpl. מֵ֫תוּ Gn 7:22 +; 1 pl. מַתְנוּ Nu 14:2 2 K 7:4; מָ֑תְנוּ Nu 14:9 +; Impf. יָמוּת Gn 38:11 +; יָמֹ֑ת Dt 33:6 +; וַיָּ֫מָת Gn 11:28 +; 1 s. אָמוּת Gn 26:9 +; אָמֻת 2 S 19:38; אָמוּ֫תָה Gn 46:30; 3 mpl. יָמ֫וּתוּ 1 S 2:23 +; יְמֻתוּן Nu 16:29; 3 fpl. תְּמוּתֶ֫נָה Ez 13:19 (Ges§ 72, 5) +; Imv. מֻת Dt 32:50 Jb 2:9; Inf. abs. מוֹת Gn 2:17 +; cstr. מוּת Gn 25:32 +; sf. מוּתִי 2 S 19:1; מֻתָן 2 S 20:3, etc.; Pt. מֵת Gn 20:3 +; sf. מֵתִי Gn 23:4 +; fs. מֵתָה Gn 30:1 Zc 11:9; pl. מֵתִים Ex 12:33 +; cstr. מֵתֵי Is 22:2 +; sf. מֵתֶיךָ Is 26:19;— e.g. Genesis 42:38
1. die, of natural or other causes:
- a. (1) of man, †וַיִּגְוַע וַיָּמָת and he expired and died Gn 25:8 (+ בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה, v. infr.), v 17 35:29 (P); †וַיָּמָת וַיִּקָּבֵר Ju 10:2, 5; 8:32; 12:7, 10, 12, 15 2 S 17:23; †וימת וימלך תַּחְתָּיו and he died and—reigned in his stead Gn 36:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 (P), 2 S 10:1 = 1 Ch 19:1, 2 K 1:17; 8:15; 13:24 1 Ch 1:44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; וימת בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה and he died in a good old age 1 Ch 29:28 (+ Gn 25:8, v. supr.); as the result of smiting הכה Ex 21:18, 20, 22 (E); + במלחמה Dt 20:5, 6, 7 2 S 19:11; בַּחֶרֶב Je 11:22; ברעב v 22; מפני הרעב 38:9; בְּדֶבֶר 21:6; באבן Nu 35:17, 23 (P); †בַּמַּגֵּפָה Nu 14:37; 17:14; 25:9 (P). (2) fig. of wisdom, עִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָה Jb 12:2; of courage, וַיָּמָת לִבּוֹ בְּקִרְבּוֹ and his heart died within him 1 S 25:37.—2 S 2:31 del. מֵ֑תוּ We Dr Kit Bu, cf. 𝔊. e.g. Genesis 25:8
- b. of animals Lv 11:39; cattle Gn 33:13 (J), fish Ex 7:18 (E), frogs Ex 8:9 (J), lion Ec 9:4, worm Is 66:24; כֶּלֶב מֵת, dead dog (in proverb) 1 S 24:15 2 S 9:8; 16:9. e.g. Leviticus 11:39
- c. a tree Jb 14:8. e.g. Job 14:8
- d. זִבְחֵי מֵתִים ψ 106:28 sacrifices to the dead (idols). e.g. Psalms 106:28
2. die as a penalty = be put to death:
- a. by human authority Gn 42:20 Ex 10:28; 21:14 (E), Gn 44:9 Jos 2:14 (J), Lv 20:20 (H), Nu 35:12, 30(×2) (P), especially D, Dt 17:5, 6; 18:20; 19:12; 22:22, 25; 24:7 Ju 6:30 1 S 14:43, 45(×2); 2 Sa 19:24 Je 38:24; מות יָמוּת, die = be put to a violent death (> AV RV surely die), 1 S 14:39, 44; 22:16; 1 K 2:37, 42 (all Judaic), Je 26:8, all of capital punishment; 2 K 8:10 (Ephr.) of assassination; מוֹת יוּמַת be put to a violent death, in the codes of Ex 21:12, 15, 16, 17; 22:18 (E), Lv 20:2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 27; 24:16, 17 (H), Ex 31:14, 15 Nu 15:35; 35:16, 17, 18, 21, 31 Lv 27:29 (P; never in D; D uses verb, either Qal or Hiph., without inf. abs.); it is used in narratives Gn 26:11(J), Ex 19:12 (E), Ju 21:5. מ׳ is preceded by רגם Nu 15:36 (P), Dt 21:21 1 K 12:18 = 2 Ch 10:18, 1 K 21:13; סקל Dt 13:11 17:5; 22:21, 24 1 K 21:10, 13, 14, 15; פגע 1 K 2:25, 46; רמס 2 K 7:17, 20; בְּיַד גֹּאֵל Jos 20:9 (P). e.g. Genesis 42:20
- b. inflicted by God, Gn 20:3, 7; Jos 10:11 (E), Gn 3:3; 38:11; Ex 11:5; 12:33 (J), 28:35; 30:20(×2) Lv 8:35; 10:2, 6, 7, 9; 16:1, 2, 13 Nu 3:4; 4:19, 20; 14:35; 17:14, 25, 28; 18:3, 32; 26:11, 61 (P), Dt 5:22(×2); 18:16 Ju 6:23 1 S 5:12; 12:19; 25:17, 38, 39; 2 S 6:7; 12:13; 1 K 19:4; 2 K 14:6 = 2 Ch 25:4, 1 Ch 24:2; 2 Ch 13:20; 2 K 19:35 = Is 37:36, Ez 3:20; 18:4, 20, 21, 28; 33:15; מוֹת יָמוּת Gn 2:17; 3:4 (J), 20:7 (E), Ju 13:21, 22; 2 S 12:14; 14:14; 2 K 1:4, 6, 16 (all Judaic), Nu 26:65 (P), Ez 3:18; 33:8, 14; מוֹת יוּמַת 18:13, ביד יהוה Ex 16:3 (P); בחטא Lv 22:9 (H), Nu 27:3 (P), 2 K 14:6 = 2 Ch 25:4; לשׂאת חטא למות Nu 18:22 (P); בחטאת Ez 3:20; 18:24; בטמאה Lv 15:21 (P); בעון Je 31:30; Ez 3:18, 19; 18:17, 18; 33:8, 9; לא ישׂאו עון ומתו Ex 28:43 Nu 4:15 (P); בעול Ez 18:26; 33:13, 18; על עול 18:26; במעל 1 Ch 10:13. e.g. Genesis 20:3
- c. die, perish, of a nation by divine judgment, Moab Am 2:2, Ephraim Ho 13:1; בית ישׂראל Ez 18:31; 33:1. e.g. Amos 2:2
- d. die prematurely, by neglect of wise moral conduct Pr 5:23; 10:21; 15:10; 19:16; 23:13; Ec 7:17.— e.g. Proverbs 5:23
On (לַבֵּן) עַל־מוּת ψ 9:1; 48:15 v. עַלְמָה sub II. עלם. e.g. Psalms 9:1

Poʿlel

Pf. ms. sf. מוֹתְתַנִי Je 20:17; 1 s. מֹתַתִּי 2 S 1:16; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְמֹתְתֵהוּ 1 S 17:51; 3 fs. תְּמוֹתֵת ψ 34:22; 1 s. sf. אֲמֹתְתֵהוּ 2 S 1:10; Imv. sf. מוֹתְתֵנִי Ju 9:54; מֹתְתֵנִי 2 S 1:9; inf. מוֹתֵת ψ 109:16; Pt. מְמוֹתֵת 1 S 14:13;—kill, put to death, despatch (intens.), abs. 1 S 14:13, elsewhere c. acc. Ju 9:54; 1 S 17:51; 2 S 1:9, 10, 16; Je 20:17; ψ 34:22; 109:16. e.g. Jeremiah 20:17

Hiphil

Pf. 3 ms. הֵמִית Ju 16:30 +; sf. וֶהֱמִתָ֑נִי 2 S 14:32; הֱמִיתָם Je 41:8; 3 fs. sf. הֱמִיתָ֑תְהוּ 2 Ch 22:11; 2 ms. הֵמַתָּה Nu 14:15; 1 s. sf. הֲמִיתִּיו (read הֲמִתִּיו) 1 S 17:35; 3 mpl. הֵמִיתוּ 1 S 30:2 +, etc.; Impf. יָמִית Nu 35:19 +; וַיָּ֫מֶת Gn 38:10 +; sf. יְמִיתֵהוּ 1 K 13:24 +; יְמִתֶנּוּ Nu 35:19 +; Imv. sf. הֲמִיתֵנִי 1 S 20:8; pl. הָמִיתוּ 1 S 22:17; Inf. abs. הָמֵת 2 K 11:15 +; cstr. הָמִית Lv 20:4 +; Pt. מֵמִית 1 S 2:6; pl. מְמִיתִים 2 K 17:26; מְמִתִים Je 26:15 Jb 33:22;—kill, put to death: e.g. Judges 16:30
1. abs. Jb 9:23, elsewhere c. acc., subj. man, e.g. Job 9:23
- a. of killing men in personal combat, or in war, often preceded by הכּה smite Jos 10:26; 11:17; 17:50 +; of destroying a city 2 S 20:19 (‖ השׁחית v 20). e.g. Joshua 10:26
- b. by authority, espec. in capital punishment Ex 1:16 (E), Lv 20:4 (H), Nu 35:19(×2), 21 (P), Dt 13:10; 17:7 Ju 20:13 1 S 11:12; 28:9 2 S 14:7, 32; 21:4 1 K 2:26, 34; 11:40; 19:17(×2) 2 K 14:6 = 2 Ch 25:4; Is 11:4; Je 26:15, 21, 24; 38:15, 16, 25; Est 4:11; בַּחֶרֶב 1 K 1:51; 2:8; 2 K 11:20 = 2 Ch 23:21; הָמֵת יָמִית Ju 15:13 1 K 3:26, 27; Je 26:19; 38:15. e.g. Exodus 1:16
2. subj. God, by inflicting penalty, abs. Dt 32:39; 1 S 2:6; 2 K 5:7, elsewhere c. acc. Gn 18:25; 38:7, 10; Ex 4:24; Nu 14:15 (J), Dt 9:28; Ju 13:23; 1 S 2:25; 5:10, 11; 1 Ch 2:3; 10:14; Is 65:15; Ho 9:16; ברעב Is 14:30; בצמא Ho 2:5; of killing fish ψ 105:29; מְמִיתִים Jb 33:22 executioners, angels of death. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:39
3. of animals killing men, e.g. ox Ex 21:29 (E), lion 1 K 13:24, 26; 2 K 17:26. e.g. Exodus 21:29
4. bring to a premature death Pr 19:18; 21:25. e.g. Proverbs 19:18

Hophal

Pf. הוּמָ֑ת 2 K 11:2 +; 3 mpl. הֻמְתוּ 2 S 21:9; Impf. יוּמַת Lv 20:10 +; יוּמָ֑ת Gn 26:11 +; Pt. מוּמָת 1 S 19:11, pl. מוּמָתִים 2 K 11:2 (Qr), 2 Ch 22:11;—be killed, put to death: e.g. 2 Kings 11:2
1. by conspiracy 2 K 11:2, 2 = 2 Ch 22:11, 2 K 11:8, 15, 16 2 Ch 23:7, 14. e.g. 2 Kings 11:2
2. by capital punishment Ex 21:29 (E), 35:2 Nu 1:51; 3;10, 38; 18:7 (P), Lv 19:20; 24:16, 21 (H), Dt 13:6; 17:6(×2); 21:22; 24:16(×3) = 2 K 14:6(×3), Jos 1:18 (all D) Ju 6:31; 1 S 11:13; 19:6, 11; 20:32; 2 S 19:22, 23; 21:9; 1 K 2:24; 2 Ch 15:13; Je 38:4, and the phrase מוֹת יוּמת (see Qal 2 a). e.g. Exodus 21:29
3. by divine infliction, in the phrase מות יוּמת (see Qal 2 b).
4. die prematurely Pr 19:16. e.g. Proverbs 19:16

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.

Word origin

vb. die (NH id. (rare); Assyrian mâtu DlHWB 395, Arabic مَاتَ, Ethiopic ሞተ, Aramaic מוּת, מִית, ܡܺܝܬ; Nab. מות EutNab 14, 6; Zinj. מת DHMSendsch.Gloss.);—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Origin: a primitive root

Part of speech: Verb TWOT: 1169

Jastrow Dictionary

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

מוֹת

(b. h.) to die. Gitt. VII, 3, a. fr. אם מַתִּי if I should die. Gen. R. s. 9 (play on מְאֹד, Gen. I, 31) והנה טזב מוֹת behold, it is good to die.—Kidd. 72ᵇ כשמֵת ר׳ וכ׳ when R … died. M. Kat. 28ᵃ מת פתאום if one dies suddenly. Sabb. 55ᵇ בחטאם מֵתוּ died for their sin. Tam. 32ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) מה יעביד אינש ויָמוֹת וכ׳ what must man do in order to die? Let him feed himself, v. הָיָה. Shebu. 18ᵃ, v. וָטוּב; a. v. fr.—V. מֵת. e.g. Genesis 1:31
- to put to death; to cause death. Snh. 53ᵃ אם אי אתה יכול לַהֲמִיתוֹ … שאתה מֵמִיתוֹ וכ׳ that if you cannot put him to death in the manner legally prescribed, you must execute judgment by whatever means you can. Ib. 56ᵇ דברים … מְמִיתִין עליהן acts on which a Jewish court passes a sentence of death. Tam. l. c. (in Chald. dict.) מה יעבד אינש … יָמִית עצמו what must man do in order to live?… Let him starve himself (his appetites). Ber. 63ᵇ אין ד"ת … שממית עצמו עליה the words of the Law remain only with him who kills himself (denies himself all enjoyments) for its sake (with play on Num. XIX, 14); a. v. fr. e.g. Numbers 19:14
- to be put to death. Keth. 37ᵇ מוּמָתִין בסייף those put to death by the sword. Snh. 55ᵇ מומתין על ידה are put to death on her account; a. fr.

מוּת

v. מִית

מָוֶת

preced.) death. Ab. II, 4 אל … עד יום מוֹתְךָ do not trust thyself (that thou wilt not sin) until thy dying day; Ber. 29ᵃ. Ib. 17ᵃ סוף אדם לַמָּ׳ man’s final destiny in death; a. v. fr.—מלאך המ׳ (abbrev. מה"מ) the angel of death. Ab. Zar. 5ᵃ. Gen. R. s. 9 והנה טוב מאד זה מה"מ ‘and behold, it was very good’ (Gen. I, 31) this refers to the angel of death; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 1:31

מוֹת ²

Targ. Ex. X, 17. Targ. Jer. XI, 19 סמא דמ׳ poison; a. fr.—Targ. Y. Gen. XXXV, 18 fem.—Sabb. 88ᵇ סמא דמ׳, v. supra; Yoma 72ᵇ.—Yeb. 63ᵃ מידי דקשי ממ׳ something harder than death. M. Kat. 28ᵇ, v. חֲבוּלְיָא; a. fr.

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Forms in the corpus

The 372 distinct written forms H4191 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
מ֥וֹת	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Absolute	Exodus 19:12	25
וַ/יָּמֹֽת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Genesis 5:5	24
יוּמָֽת	Verb, Hophal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 19:12	22
וַ/יָּ֖מָת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Genesis 36:33	18
וַ/יָּ֣מָת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Genesis 11:28	18
מ֣וֹת	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Absolute	Exodus 31:14	17
יָמֽוּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 28:35	16
מֵ֣ת	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Genesis 50:15	15
וַ/יָּ֥מָת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Genesis 11:32	15
מֵֽת	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Kings 14:17	13
וַ/יָּמֹ֑ת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Kings 2:46	12
יָמ֔וּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ezekiel 3:18	10
מֵ֑ת	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 22:14	9
וַ/יָּ֕מָת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 9:6	9
וָ/מֵ֑ת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 13:10	8
מֵ֖ת	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ezekiel 18:18	8
יוּמַ֖ת	Verb, Hophal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Kings 2:24	8
מֵ֔ת	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	1 Samuel 24:14	7
יָמוּת֙	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 20:5	7
יוּמָ֑ת	Verb, Hophal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	2 Chronicles 15:13	7
לָ/מ֑וּת	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct	Ecclesiastes 3:2	7
מֵ֥ת	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 9:6	6
אָמֽוּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular	Deuteronomy 18:16	6
הַ/מֵּ֖ת	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 21:35	6
וַ/יָּ֛מָת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Kings 3:19	6
יָמ֑וּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ezekiel 3:20	6
יָמ֥וּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ecclesiastes 2:16	6
תָּמֽוּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 10:28	6
הַ/מֵּתִ֖ים	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 4:2	5
וַ/יְמִיתֵ֑/הוּ	Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Chronicles 10:14	5
וַ/יָּ֨מָת֙	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 2:23	5
לְ/הָמִ֣ית	Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct	1 Kings 11:40	5
מֵֽתוּ	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural	Genesis 7:22	5
תָּמ֖וּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ezekiel 28:10	4
וַ/יָּ֤מָת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 1:6	4
וַ/יָּמֹ֖ת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	2 Samuel 2:23	4
וָ/מֵֽת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 19:12	4
וָ/מֵֽתוּ	Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural	Amos 6:9	4
יָ֭מוּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Job 14:10	4
יָמִ֥ית	Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Kings 1:51	4
יָמֻֽתוּ	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural	Jeremiah 21:6	4
לְ/הָמִ֥ית	Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct	Exodus 17:3	4
לָ/מֽוּת	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct	Exodus 21:14	4
מ֖וֹת	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Absolute	Genesis 3:4	4
מֵתִֽים	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 12:33	4
נָמ֔וּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural	Deuteronomy 5:25	4
תָּמ֑וּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ezekiel 33:14	4
תָּמ֔וּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Amos 7:17	4
וּ/מֵ֥ת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Kings 14:12	3
מֵ֤ת	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 10:6	3
נָמ֑וּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural	Habakkuk 1:12	3
תָמ֗וּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular	Isaiah 66:24	3
תָמֽוּת	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	2 Samuel 12:13	3
הַ/מֵּ֑ת	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Deuteronomy 17:6	3
הַ/מֵּת֙	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	2 Samuel 16:9	3
הַ/מֵּתִֽים	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 18:11	3
וְ/הָמֵ֖ת	Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Absolute	1 Kings 3:26	3
וַ/יָּ֨מָת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 34:5	3
וַ/יָּמֹ֔ת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Samuel 4:18	3
וַ/תָּ֖מָת	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular	Genesis 35:19	3

The 60 most common forms are shown; 312 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.

Same root — word family

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Septuagint verse parallels

This word appears in 672 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 695 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.

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