וַיָּמֹֽת׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּמֹֽת׃

   va-YA-mot

   and he died
2. clause🔊 וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃

   va-yig-GE-hu ye-ho-VAH va-YA-mot

   and he struck him the LORD and he died
3. sentence🔊 וְלֹֽא־עָצַ֧ר כֹּֽחַ־יָרָבְעָ֛ם ע֖וֹד בִּימֵ֣י אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃

   ve-LO-A-tsar KO-akh-ya-ra-VE-am OD bi-ME a-vi-YA-hu va-yig-GE-hu ye-ho-VAH va-YA-mot

   and he did not restrain or hold back the strength of Jeroboam again or still in the days of Abijah and he struck him the LORD and he died

Exegesis

The final wayyiqtol vayyamot {וַיָּמֹ֔ת׃ | way-yā-mōṯ} presents death as the resulting outcome of the LORD’s strike, tightening the cause-to-result sequence.