יָמֽוּת׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָמֽוּת׃

   ya-MUT

   he will die
2. clause🔊 בְּעַוְל֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה יָמֽוּת׃

   be-av-LO a-SHER-a-SA ya-MUT

   in his injustice which he did he will die
3. 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

The concluding imperfect yamut {יָמֽוּת׃ | yā-mût} ‘he will die’ repeats the judgment theme. This chiastic and repetitive pattern underscores individual accountability and the principle of measure for measure.

Root and etymology

m-w-t🔊 מ־ו־תmem–waw–tav

“to die”