| 6. Morphological Analysis ve-Levi {וְלֵוִי֙ | wə-lē-vî}: and Levi (conjunction vav + proper noun masculine singular) • u-Vinyamin {וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן | wə-vin-yā-mîn}: and Benjamin (conjunction vav + proper noun masculine singular) • lo {לֹ֥א | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • paqad {פָקַ֖ד | pā-qaḏ}: he numbered (verb • Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • be-tokham {בְּתוֹכָ֑ם | bə-tō-ḵām}: among them (preposition + masculine plural suffix) • ki {כִּֽי־ | kî}: because/for (conjunction) • nit’av {נִתְעַ֥ב | nīṯ-ʿaḇ}: was abhorred (verb • Niphal perfect third person masculine singular) • devar {דְּבַר־ | də-war}: command (noun • masculine singular construct) • ha-melekh {הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | ham-me-leḵ}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • et-yoav {אֶת־יוֹאָֽב | ʾet-yō-ʾāḇ}: direct object marker + proper noun masculine singular |