Original Language Studio
1 Kings 21:24
“Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מוּתmûwth · mooth
H4191 · Hebrew
H4191 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
- Grammar
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- מֵּ֤ת — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 839 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:17Genesis 2:17Genesis 3:3Genesis 3:4Genesis 3:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מוּת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.