וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ

   va-ye-mi-TU-hu

   and they put him to death
2. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ אַחֲרָיו֙ לָכִ֔ישָׁה וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁם׃

   va-yish-le-KHU a-kha-RAV la-KHI-sha va-ye-mi-TU-hu SHAM

   and they sent after him to Lachish and they put him to death there
3. sentence🔊 וּמֵעֵ֗ת אֲשֶׁר־סָ֤ר אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ עָלָ֥יו קֶ֛שֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וַיָּ֣נָ לָכִ֑ישָׁה וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ אַחֲרָיו֙ לָכִ֔ישָׁה וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁם׃

   u-me-ET a-SHER-SAR a-mats-ya-HU me-a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher bi-ru-sha-LIM va-ya-NAS la-KHI-sha va-yish-le-KHU a-kha-RAV la-KHI-sha va-ye-mi-TU-hu SHAM

   and from {the} time when he turned aside Amaziah from after the LORD then they conspired against him a conspiracy in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish and they sent after him to Lachish and they put him to death there

Exegesis

A vav-consecutive sequence—vayiksh’ru {וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ | wayyiq-šē-rû} “and they conspired,” vayanas {וַיָּנָס | wayyā-nās} “and he fled,” vayishl’chu {וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ | wayyiš-lə-ḥû} “and they sent,” vayemituhu {וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ | wayyĕ-miṯ-û-hû} “and they killed him”—drives the rapid progression.