מוּת mûwth — to die (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as × at all, × crying, dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy, (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill.
a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill.
mûwth in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 177Wayyiqtol 145Participle (active) 93Perfect (qatal) 77Infinitive absolute 49Sequential perfect (weqatal) 42Infinitive construct 29Jussive 5Cohortative 2Imperative 2
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Hiph'il
Infinitive construct 38Wayyiqtol 32Imperfect (yiqtol) 26Perfect (qatal) 17Sequential perfect (weqatal) 10Infinitive absolute 6Participle (active) 4Imperative 2Jussive 2Cohortative 1
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.
Hoph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 60Participle (passive) 3Perfect (qatal) 2Jussive 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Wayyiqtol 1
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Polel
Imperative 2Wayyiqtol 2Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Infinitive construct 1
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›