וּמֵ֣ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמֵ֣ת

   u-MET

   and dies
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּמֵ֣ת עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

   u-MET a-le-HEM

   and dies because of them
3. clause🔊 בְּשׁוּב־צַדִּ֧יק מִצִּדְקָת֛וֹ וְעָ֥שָׂה עָ֖וֶל וּמֵ֣ת עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

   be-SHUV-tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel u-MET a-le-HEM

   when a righteous turns back from his righteousness and does injustice and dies because of them
4. sentence🔊 בְּשׁוּב־צַדִּ֧יק מִצִּדְקָת֛וֹ וְעָ֥שָׂה עָ֖וֶל וּמֵ֣ת עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם בְּעַוְל֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה יָמֽוּת׃

   be-SHUV-tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel u-MET a-le-HEM be-av-LO a-SHER-a-SA ya-MUT

   when a righteous turns back from his righteousness and does injustice and dies because of them in his injustice which he did he will die

Exegesis

Next ū-met {וּמֵ֣ת | ū-mēt} ‘and he died’ denotes the consequence, with ʿaleihem {עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם | ʿă-lê-hem} ‘upon them’ pointing back to those injustices.