Put to Death מוּת

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Dec 15, 2025 · 5m

We are in chapter twenty-one of Exodus with our word for today. מוּת die, dying, to perish, to kill. It is used 844 times in the Old Testament, used 9 times in our chapter. Let’s look at them. Exodus 21:12, 15-17 Whoever strikes a man וָמֵ֖ת מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת so that he dies shall be put to death [our word is used three times but only translated twice. So literally because he died you dying will be put to death. This shows a lot of emphasis on the cause and effect of the person’s actions. In that his own actions caused his own death because he took another’s life. The extra dying before put to…