Original Language Studio
Exodus 11:5
“And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- וּ — conjunction
- מֵ֣ת — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- 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.