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Pulling this out of the Agamemnon thread since it is not really on topic.
In the LXX we see θάνατος MOT personified as the shepherd ποιμαίνει who leads the sheep πρόβατα into to Hades ἐν ᾅδῃ Sheol. The location of the dead, ἐν ᾅδῃ Sheol, the agent is θάνατος MOT.
Matthew 4:16 ESV
the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.”
This is a citation from Isa 9:1 LXX. θανάτου does not render MOT in this context. Rather, ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου is a paraphrase for בארץ צלמות which is paraphrased in the NRSV in a land of deep darkness.The Hebrew B ERETZ in land TZLMOT; a word which BDB glosses: death-shadow, deep shadow, poet. — death-shadow. Note the gentive θανάτου follows the head noun(s) as it would in Hebrew. Not that MOT is a component in צלמות TZLMOT. (pardon the strange transliteration, been a while since I was active on b-hebrew)
Is. 9:2 NRSV
The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness—
on them light has shined.