| 4. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerū}: and they said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect of ʾāmar • third person masculine plural) • kol-haqahal {כָּל־הַקָּהָל | kol-hāqāhāl}: all the assembly (noun phrase • masculine singular construct with definite article) • la-asot {לַעֲשֹׂת | la-ʿăśōṯ}: to do (preposition lamed + Qal infinitive construct of ʿāśâ) • ken {כֵּן | kên}: thus (adverb) • ki-yashar {כִּי־יָשַׁר | kî-yāšar}: for it was right (conjunction ki + Qal perfect of yāšar • third person masculine singular) • ha-davar {הַדָּבָר | ha-dāvar}: the matter (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • be-einei {בְּעֵינֵי | be-ʿênê}: in the eyes of (preposition be + noun in construct • dual) • kol-haam {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-hāʿām}: all the people (noun phrase • masculine singular construct with definite article) |