מֵת֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מֵת֙

   MET

   dead
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ עֲבָדָ֥יו מֵת֙

   va-yar-khi-BU-hu a-va-DAV MET

   and they made him ride his servants dead
3. clause🔊 וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ עֲבָדָ֥יו מֵת֙ מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹ וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ בִּקְבֻֽרָת֑וֹ

   va-yar-khi-BU-hu a-va-DAV MET mim-me-gid-DO va-ye-vi-U-hu ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-be-RU-hu bik-bu-ra-TO

   and they made him ride his servants dead from Megiddo and they brought him to Jerusalem and they buried him in his burial place or in his grave
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ עֲבָדָ֥יו מֵת֙ מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹ וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ בִּקְבֻֽרָת֑וֹ וַיִּקַּ֣ח עַם־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶת־יְהֽוֹאָחָז֙ בֶּן־יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ אֹת֖וֹ תַּ֥חַת אָבִֽיו׃

   va-yar-khi-BU-hu a-va-DAV MET mim-me-gid-DO va-ye-vi-U-hu ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-be-RU-hu bik-bu-ra-TO va-yik-KAKH am-ha-A-rets et-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ben-yo-shi-YA-hu va-yim-she-KHU o-TO va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV

   and they made him ride his servants dead from Megiddo and they brought him to Jerusalem and they buried him in his burial place or in his grave and took the people of the land Jehoahaz {direct object marker + name} son of Josiah and they anointed him and they made king him under or instead of his father

Exegesis

The verb sequence vayarkivuhu {וַיַּרְכִּבֻהוּ | wayyarkîbûhû} (“and they made him ride”) and vayeviuhu {וַיְבִאֻהוּ | wayyəḇîʼûhû} (“and they brought him”) frames the movement clauses with met {מֵת | mêṯ} qualifying the subject as dead.