H4463 H4463
deaths (specific kinds of death)
A plural form emphasizing varieties or types of death, used for different manners of dying. Jeremiah 16:4 describes 'deaths by disease'—painful, lingering deaths from illness. Ezekiel 28:8 refers to 'deaths of the slain'—violent deaths in battle. The plural form suggests not multiple death events but death characterized in different ways: death by disease versus death by sword. This grammatical nuance highlights how death comes in various forms, each with its own horror. The term derives from the common verb 'to die' but the plural construction adds specificity.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Plural construct emphasizing types or manners of death. Jeremiah 16:4 describes 'deaths by diseases'—painful, wasting deaths from illness during judgment. Ezekiel 28:8 refers to 'deaths of the slain/pierced'—violent battle deaths. The plural doesn't mean dying multiple times but rather death characterized by specific causes or qualities. This nuanced usage distinguishes between death's various forms. Cross-linguistic evidence (Spanish muertes-de, French/German deaths-of) recognizes the qualifying, descriptive function of the plural construct. 2×
AR["بِ-مَوْتَاتِ", "مِيتَةَ"]·ben["মৃত্যুতে"]·DE["[ממותי]"]·EN["Deaths-of", "deaths-of-"]·FR["[ממותי]", "bouclier"]·heb["ממותי"]·HI["मृत्युओं-से", "मौतें"]·ID["kematian-", "kematian-kematian"]·IT["[ממותי]"]·jav["Pejah-ingkang", "pejah"]·KO["죽음들로", "죽음들을-"]·PT["Mortes-de", "mortes-de"]·RU["смертью", "смертями"]·ES["Muertes-de", "muertes-de"]·SW["Kwa-vifo-vya", "kifo-cha"]·TR["ölümler", "ölümü-"]·urd["موتیں", "موتیں-"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מָמוֹת] 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.)