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title: מְמֹותִים — death · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְמֹותִים (4463), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: death. BDB 1906: death Hoph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְמֹותִים

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«מְמֹותִים» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4463 · **BDB:** מָמוֹת

### Glosses

\[the\].death(s) (1); deaths (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

death [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4463/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

death Hoph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4463/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] only pl. death (cf. Arabic مَمَاتٌ );—cstr. מְמוֹתֵי תַחֲלֻאִים Je 16:4 of painful death by diseases; מ׳ חָלָל Ez 28:8.—For הַמְּמוֹתִים (Kt) 2 K 11:2, the slain, Qr. הַמּוּמָתִים is certainly correct (v. מוּת Hoph. supr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְמֹותִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4463/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.8/)

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לַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה מְמוֹתֵ֥י חָלָ֖ל בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* to the pit they will.bring.you.down and you.will.die \[the\].death(s) of.\[the\].slain in.\[the\] heart of.\[the\].seas

*JPS 1917:* They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

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[Jeremiah 16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.16.4/)

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מְמוֹתֵ֨י תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים יָמֻ֗תוּ לֹ֤א יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֔רוּ לְדֹ֛מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה יִֽהְי֑וּ וּבַחֶ֤רֶב וּבָֽרָעָב֙ יִכְל֔וּ וְהָיְתָ֤ה נִבְלָתָם֙ לְמַאֲכָ֔ל לְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ס

*Word for word:* deaths of.diseases they.will.die not they.will.be.mourned and not they.will.be.buried (into) dung on the.surface of the.ground they.will.become and by the sword and by (the) famine they.will.come.to.an.end and it.will.become corpse\[s\] their (into) food for the.bird\[s\] of the.heavens and for the.animal\[s\] of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

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