| 12. Morphological Analysis vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּר | way-ye-ḏē-ber}: and he spoke (vav consecutive + piel stem • imperfect aspect • third masculine singular) • aleyhem {אֲלֵהֶם | ă-lê-hem}: to them (preposition + third masculine plural suffix) • avihem {אֲבִיהֶם | ă-vi-hem}: their father (noun masculine singular construct + third masculine plural suffix) • eizeh {אֵי־זֶה | ʾē-zēh}: which is (interrogative particle + demonstrative masculine singular) • haderk {הַדֶּרֶךְ | ha-dĕ-rĕkh}: the way (noun masculine singular absolute with definite article) • halakh {הָלָךְ | hā-lakh}: he went (qal perfect • third masculine singular) • vayire’u {וַיִּרְאוּ | way-yir-ʾū}: and they saw (vav consecutive + qal stem • imperfect aspect • third masculine plural) • banav {בָנָיו | bā-nāw}: his sons (noun masculine plural construct + third masculine singular suffix) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • haderk {הַדֶּרֶךְ | ha-dĕ-rĕkh}: the way (noun masculine singular absolute with definite article) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ă-šer}: that • which (relative particle) • halakh {הָלָךְ | hā-lakh}: he went (qal perfect • third masculine singular) • ish {אִישׁ | ʾîsh}: man (noun masculine singular) • haelohim {הָאֱלֹהִים | hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm}: the God (plural form in construct with definite article • referring to the one true God) • asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ă-šer}: who (relative particle) • ba {בָא | bāʾ}: came (qal perfect • third masculine singular) • miyehudah {מִיהוּדָה | mi-yĕ-hū-dāh}: from Judah (preposition + proper noun) |