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Hebrew wordlink #322930

OSHB Jer 37:20 אָמוּת (ʼāmūt) Strongs=4191 Lemma=‘מוּת’
contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’
Morphology=Vqi1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular
Year=-589 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Jeremiah

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Other uses (12) of identical word form אָמוּת (Morphology=Vqi1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אָמוּת’ (Morphology=Vqi1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) has 3 different glosses: ‘I_should_die’, ‘I_will_die’, ‘did_I_die’.

GEN 26:9 contextual word gloss=‘I_should_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB GEN 26:9 word 19

OET-LV: 9 And_ ʼAⱱīmelek _he/it _called (to)_Yiʦḩāq and_he/it _said surely here wife _of_is_your she and_how did _you _say sister _of_is_my she and_he/it _said to_him/it Yiʦḩāq if/because I _thought lest I _should _die on_her. (GEN_26:9)

OET-RV: 9 So Abimelech called for Yitshak and said, “Hey, she’s really your wife! So how could you say, ‘She’s my sister’?”
¶ “Because I said to myself, ‘I might die because of her.’,” Yitshak replied. (GEN 26:9)

GEN 27:4 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB GEN 27:4 word 13

OET-LV: 4 And_prepare to_me delicious _food(s) just_as I _love and_bring_it to/for_me so_that _I _may _eat_it in_account _of it_may _bless _you self _of_my before I _will _die. (GEN_27:4)

OET-RV: 4 and cook me a tasty meal in the way that I love it, and bring it to me so I can eat it, so that I can bless you before I die.” (GEN 27:4)

GEN 45:28 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB GEN 45:28 word 11

OET-LV: 28 And_ Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _he/it _said enough still Yōşēf son _of_my is_alive I _will _go so_that_I _may _see _him before I _will _die. (GEN_45:28)

OET-RV: 28 Then Yisra’el exclaimed, “Enough! I accept that my son Yosef is still alive. I’ll go and see him before I die.” (GEN 45:28)

DEU 18:16 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB DEU 18:16 word 26

OET-LV: 16 According_to _all that you _asked from_with YHWH god _of_your at_Ḩorēⱱ in/on_day of_the _assembly to_say not let _me _repeat to_hear DOM the _voice _of YHWH god _of_my and_DOM the_fire the_big/large/great(fs) (the)_this not let _me _see again and_not I _will _die. (DEU_18:16)

OET-RV: 16 since you begged your god Yahweh from the bottom of Mt. Horev when you said, “We can’t handle directly hearing the voice of our god Yahweh and looking at this terrible fire. Let us go home so we won’t die here.” (DEU 18:16)

JDG 15:18 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB JDG 15:18 word 16

OET-LV: 18 And_he _was _thirsty very and_he/it _called to YHWH and_he _said you you _have _given by_the _hand _of your _servant _of_of DOM the_victory the_big/large/great(fs) (the)_this and_now I _will _die with_thirst and_I _will _fall in_the _hand _of the _uncircumcised_men. (JDG_15:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then he was very thirsty and cried out to Yahweh, “You yourself have given your servant this great victory, but now must I die with this thirst and get captured by those uncircumcised Philistines?” (JDG 15:18)

RUTH 1:17 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB RUTH 1:17 word 3

OET-LV: 17 At_where you _will _die I _will _die and_there I _will _be _buried thus YHWH may _he _do to_me and_thus may _he _add if/because (the)_death it _will _separate between_me and_between_you. (RUT_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 Wherever you die, I’ll die there too and be buried there. May Yahweh punish me severely if anything other than death separates the two of us.” (RUT 1:17)

1 SAM 14:43 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB 1 SAM 14:43 word 22

OET-LV: 43 And_ Shāʼūl _he/it _said to Yōnātān tell to/for_me what have _you _done and_he _told to_him/it Yōnātān and_he/it _said indeed _(taste) I _tasted with_the _end _of the _staff which was_in_my _of_hand a _little _of honey here_I I _will _die. (SA1_14:43)

OET-RV: 43 Sha’ul demanded from Yonatan, “Tell me what you’ve done.”
¶ “Actually,” Yonatan answered, “I did taste some honey from the end of my staff, so take me—I’m ready to die.” (SA1 14:43)

1 SAM 20:14 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB 1 SAM 20:14 word 11

OET-LV: 14 And_not if still_I am_alive and_not you _will _do with_me the _covenant _loyalty _of YHWH and_not I _will _die. (SA1_20:14)

OET-RV: 14 But as long as I’m still alive, please keep our agreement of faithfulness before Yahweh so I won’t die. (SA1 20:14)

1 KI 2:30 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB 1 KI 2:30 word 16

OET-LV: 30 And_ Bənā^yāh _he _went to the _tent _of YHWH and_he/it _said to_him/it thus he _says the_king come _out and_he/it _said no if/because here I _will _die and_ Bənā^yāh _he _brought _back DOM the_king message to_say thus he _spoke Yōʼāⱱ and_thus he_answered _me. (KI1_2:30)

OET-RV: 30 So Benayah entered Yahweh’s tent and he told Yoav, “The king said for you to come out.”
¶ “No, I’ll die here,” he replied.
¶ So Benayah went back to the king and reported both sides of the conversation (KI1 2:30)

JOB 3:11 contextual word gloss=‘did_I_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB JOB 3:11 word 4

OET-LV: 11 To/for_what not from_the_womb did _I _die from_the_belly I _came _forth and_did _I _expire. (JOB_3:11)

OET-RV: ⇔  11 Why didn’t I die at birth?
⇔ ≈ Just come out then stop breathing? (JOB 3:11)

PSA 118:17 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB PSA 118:17 word 2

OET-LV: 17 Not I _will _die if/because I _will _live and_I _will _recount the _deeds _of Yah. (PSA_118:17)

OET-RV: 17 I’m going to live, not die,
⇔ and I’ll tell everyone about what Yahweh did. (PSA 118:17)

PROV 30:7 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_die’ word gloss=‘die’ OSHB PROV 30:7 word 8

OET-LV: 7 two_things I _ask from_with_you do _not withhold_them from_me before I _will _die. (PRO_30:7)

OET-RV: 7 There’s two things that I want from you—
⇔ don’t keep them from me before I die: (PRO 30:7)