He deserved it
Was worthy of it. Received the matter justly (in the source meaning, something befell him).
("There is an evil that is done on the earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens as the deeds of the wicked do, and there are wicked people to whom it happens as the deeds of the righteous do. I said, 'This too is an evil.'" - Ecclesiastes 3:1)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִגִּיעַ לוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הָיָה רָאוּי לְכָךְ. קִבֵּל אֶת הַדָּבָר בְּצֶדֶק (בַּמָּקוֹר מַשְׁמָע קָרָה לוֹ)
("יֶשׁ הֶבֶל אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה עַל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יֵשׁ צַדִּיקִים אֲשֶׁר מַגִּיעַ אֲלֵהֶם כְּמַעֲשֵׂה הָרְשָׁעִים וְיֵשׁ רְשָׁעִים שֶׁמַּגִּיעַ אֲלֵהֶם כְּמַעֲשֵׂה הַצַּדִּיקִים אָמַרְתִּי שֶׁגַּם זֶה הָבֶל"- קֹהֶלֶת ח יָד)