אֲמִיתֵֽ/ךְ

𐤀𐤌𐤉𐤕/𐤊

mûwth

should I kill you

To die, to cease living; to come to the end of life through natural, violent, or judicial means. Functions both as an intransitive verb (to die, to perish) and, in derived stems, as a causative (to put to death, to kill). The semantic range extends metaphorically to describe the loss of vitality, the end of lineage, or spiritual death, and is used idiomatically for expressing certainty ('to surely die').

H4191

1 Samuel 19:17 · Word #21

Lexicon H4191

Lemmaמוּת
Lemma (Paleo)𐤌𐤅𐤕
Transliterationmûwth
Strong'sH4191
DefinitionTo die, to cease living; to come to the end of life through natural, violent, or judicial means. Functions both as an intransitive verb (to die, to perish) and, in derived stems, as a causative (to put to death, to kill). The semantic range extends metaphorically to describe the loss of vitality, the end of lineage, or spiritual death, and is used idiomatically for expressing certainty ('to surely die').

Morphology HVhi1cs/Sp2fs All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan h — Hiphil — Causative active
Conjugation i — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action
Person 1 — 1st person — First person ("I" / "we")
Gender c — Common — Common (both genders)
Number s — Singular — Singular

Common Translation

Phraseshould I kill you

SIBI-P1 Translation H4191-03

I will cause you to die

Morphological NotesHiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular with 2nd person feminine singular pronominal suffix.
Rendering RationaleThe Hiphil stem makes the verb causative, shifting the root sense "to die" into "to cause to die." The imperfect first person singular with a 2nd feminine singular suffix yields "I will cause you to die."

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

should I kill you

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
Rationale'I will cause you to die' is mechanically literal but in dialogue here the modal 'should I kill you' is the contextually implied nuance. Matches SILEX causative stem sense and narrative logic.