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title: מָוֶת — death · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָוֶת (4194), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 153 times: death. BDB 1906: n.m. death. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָוֶת

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«מָוֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **death** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 153 times · **Key:** 4194 · **BDB:** מָ֫וֶת

### Glosses

death (77); of.death (32); the.death (26)

### Meaning (OSHB)

death [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4194/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. death [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4194/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 10:17 death;—abs. מ׳ Dt 19:6 +; מָֽ֫וְתָה ψ 116:15; cstr. מוֹת Gn 25:11 +; sf. מוֹתִי Gn 27:2 +; pl. cstr. מוֹתֵי Ez 28:10; sf. בְּמֹתָיו Is 53:9;— death, opp. life, Dt 30:15, 19 2 S 15:21; †מ׳ כל האדם the death of all men (that all go to) Nu 16:29 (J), as distinguished from violent death; יוֹם מ׳ day of death Gn 27:2 (J) Ju 13:7 1 S 15:35 +; שְׁנַת מ׳ Is 6:1; 14:28; עד מ׳ Nu 35:25, 28, 32 Jos 20:6 (P), 1 K 11:40; לפני מ׳ Gn 27:7, 10; 50:16 (JE); אחרי מ׳ Gn 26:18 (J), 25:11; Lv 16:1; Nu 35:28 (P), Dt 31:27, 29 (D) +; בכור מ׳ Jb 18:13 firstborn of death (deadly disease); of flies Ec 10:1, unclean animals Lv 11:31, 32 (P). death by violence as a penalty: †מִשְׁפַּט מ׳ + לְ or בְּ pers.: a case of death to, or in a man, guilty of capital crime Dt 19:6; 21:22 Je 26:11, 16; †חֵטְא מ׳ Dt 22:26; †בנ(י) מ׳ 1 S 20:31; 26:16; 2 S 12:5; אישׁ מ׳ 2 S 19:29; אנשׁי מ׳ 1 K 2:26; מַלְאֲכֵי מ׳ Pr 16:14 messengers of death; בְּמֹתָיו Is 53:9 in his (martyr-)death (v. BrMP 359). state of death or place of death (‖ שׁאול) Is 28:15, 18; 38:18; Ho 13:14; Hb 2:5; ψ 6:6; 49:15 Ct 8:6 Pr 5:5; 7:27; (‖ אבדון) Jb 28:22; שׁערי מ׳ gates of death ψ 9:14; 107:18; Jb 38:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 55 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָוֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4194/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.6/)

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חֶבְלֵ֥י שְׁא֖וֹל סַבֻּ֑נִי קִדְּמֻ֖נִי מֹֽקְשֵׁי־מָֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* the.cords of.Sheol they surrounded.me they confronted.me snares of.death

*JPS 1917:* The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

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[2 Kings 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.1/)

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וַיִּפְשַׁ֤ע מוֹאָב֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֥וֹת אַחְאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and it.rebelled Moab against Israel after the.death of.Ahab

*JPS 1917:* AND MOAB rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

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