No. 650 in Hebrew
מתו
"מתו" means "they died" in English.
In a sentence
האנשים בכפר מתו ברעב.
The people in the village died of hunger.
In this sentence, 'מתו' is used in its primary sense as the past tense plural form of 'to die', indicating that the action of dying occurred for the people in the village.
פרחים מתו בגינה מחוסר השקיה.
Flowers died in the garden from lack of watering.
Here, 'מתו' is again used as the plural past tense of 'to die', referring to the flowers that ceased to exist due to insufficient watering.
נהנו מאווירה כל כך נפלאה עד שנראה כאילו מתו ועברו לגן עדן.
They enjoyed such a wonderful atmosphere that it seemed as if they died and went to heaven.
In this example, 'מתו' is used metaphorically to describe an overwhelming sense of pleasure or euphoria, suggesting a departure from reality to bliss.
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