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title: מוֹת — death · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מוֹת (lemma:מוֹת), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: death. BDB 1906: death. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹת

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«מוֹת» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **death** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מוֹת · **BDB:** מוֹת

### Glosses

death (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

death [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

death [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] death (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH);—abs. Ezr 7:26. מֵזֵא v. \[אֲזָא\]. מָזוֹן v. זון.

### Jastrow 1903

מוֹת ²: poison fem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5ea/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** 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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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.26/)

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וְכָל־דִּי־לָא֩ לֶהֱוֵ֨א עָבֵ֜ד דָּתָ֣א דִֽי־אֱלָהָ֗ךְ וְדָתָא֙ דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֔א אָסְפַּ֕רְנָא דִּינָ֕ה לֶהֱוֵ֥א מִתְעֲבֵ֖ד מִנֵּ֑הּ הֵ֤ן לְמוֹת֙ הֵ֣ן לִשְׁרֹשִׁ֔י הֵן־לַעֲנָ֥שׁ נִכְסִ֖ין וְלֶאֱסוּרִֽין׃פ

*Word for word:* and any who not he.will.be doing the law (diy).of God your and the decree (diy).of the king diligently (the) judgment let.it.be done from him whether to death or to banishment or to confiscation of.properti(es) and to imprisonment(s)

*JPS 1917:* And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.'

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