בְּמַעֲל֧וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּמַעֲל֧וֹ

   be-ma-a-LO

   in his unfaithfulness
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּמַעֲל֧וֹ אֲשֶׁר־מָעַ֛ל

   be-ma-a-LO a-SHER-ma-AL

   in his unfaithfulness which he acted unfaithfully
3. clause🔊 כָּל־צדקתו צִדְקֹתָ֤יו אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה֙ לֹ֣א תִזָּכַ֔רְנָה בְּמַעֲל֧וֹ אֲשֶׁר־מָעַ֛ל וּבְחַטָּאת֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־חָטָ֖א בָּ֥ם יָמֽוּת׃

   KAL-tsid-ka-TO tsid-ko-TAV a-SHER-a-SA LO tiz-za-KHAR-na be-ma-a-LO a-SHER-ma-AL u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER-kha-TA BAM ya-MUT

   all his righteousness his righteous deeds which he did not shall be remembered in his unfaithfulness which he acted unfaithfully and in his sin which he sinned in them he shall die
4. sentence🔊 וּבְשׁ֨וּב צַדִּ֤יק מִצִּדְקָתוֹ֙ וְעָ֣שָׂה עָ֔וֶל כְּכֹ֨ל הַתּוֹעֵב֜וֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֧ה הָרָשָׁ֛ע יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה וָחָ֑י כָּל־צדקתו צִדְקֹתָ֤יו אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה֙ לֹ֣א תִזָּכַ֔רְנָה בְּמַעֲל֧וֹ אֲשֶׁר־מָעַ֛ל וּבְחַטָּאת֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־חָטָ֖א בָּ֥ם יָמֽוּת׃

   u-ve-SHUV tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel ke-KHOL ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER-a-SA ha-ra-SHA ya-a-SE va-KHAI KAL-tsid-ka-TO tsid-ko-TAV a-SHER-a-SA LO tiz-za-KHAR-na be-ma-a-LO a-SHER-ma-AL u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER-kha-TA BAM ya-MUT

   and when turning back a righteous one from his righteousness and does injustice according to all the abominations which he did the wicked one he does and lives all his righteousness his righteous deeds which he did not shall be remembered in his unfaithfulness which he acted unfaithfully and in his sin which he sinned in them he shall die

Exegesis

The final double-reason clause bemaalo {בְּמַעֲל֧וֹ | bə-ma-ʿa-lō} “in his treachery,” asher-maal {אֲשֶׁר־מָעַ֛ל | ʾă-šer mā-ʿal} “wherewith he trespassed,” and u-ve-chatato {וּבְחַטָּאת֥וֹ | û-ḇə-ḥat-ta-ṯō} “and in his sin,” asher-chata {אֲשֶׁר־חָטָ֖א | ʾă-šer ḥā-ṭā} “wherewith he sinned,” concludes with bam {בָּ֥ם | bām} “in them” and yamuth {יָמוּת | yā-mûth} “he shall die.” The translation preserves the verse’s conditional structure, parallelism between righteousness and wickedness, and emphasis on demerits over merits.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־ע־לm-ʿ-l

“to act treacherously”

• 🔊 מַעַלm-a-ʿaltrespassLeviticus 5:15