Midvash

מוּתmûwth

מוּת: die

Pronunciation: mooth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4191

Meanings

Qal: construct (Genesis 42:38; Genesis 35:18; Ezekiel 28:8)

1. die, of natural or other causes

a. and he expired and died, and he died and — reigned in his stead (Genesis 25:8; Genesis 25:17; Genesis 35:29)

b. dead dog (Leviticus 11:39; Genesis 33:13; Exodus 7:18)

d. sacrifices to the dead (Psalms 106:28)

2. die, as a penalty = be put to death

a. die, be put to a violent death (Genesis 42:20; Exodus 10:28; Exodus 21:14)

c. die, perish (Amos 2:2; Hosea 13:1; Ezekiel 18:31)

d. die prematurely (Proverbs 5:23; Proverbs 10:21; Proverbs 15:10)

Po`lel.: kill, put to death, despatch (Jeremiah 20:17; 2 Samuel 1:16; 1 Samuel 17:51)

Hiph`il: kill, put to death (Judges 16:30; 2 Samuel 14:32; Jeremiah 41:8)

1. subject man (Job 9:23)

2. subject God (Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7)

3. of animals killing men (Exodus 21:29; 1 Kings 13:24; 1 Kings 13:26)

4. bring to a premature death (Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 21:25)

Hoph`al: be killed, put to death (2 Kings 11:2; 2 Samuel 21:9; Leviticus 20:10)

1. by conspiracy (2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Kings 11:8)

2. by capital punishment (Exodus 21:29; Exodus 35:2; Numbers 1:15)

3. by divine infliction

4. die prematurely (Proverbs 19:16)

ᵑ7: death (Ezra 7:26)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 840 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:17 except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”
  • Genesis 3:3 “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’”
  • Genesis 3:4 “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman.
  • Genesis 5:5 Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
  • Genesis 5:8 Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.
  • Genesis 5:11 Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).