| 4. Morphological Analysis vata’as {וַתַּ֤עַשׂ | va-ṭa‘aṣ}: and she did (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • ken {כֵּן | kēn}: thus (adverb) • eshet {אֵ֣שֶׁת | ʾē-šeṯ}: wife of (construct form • feminine singular) • Yarav‘am {יָרָבְעָ֔ם | Yā-rā-ve-‘ām}: Jeroboam (proper noun • masculine singular) • vatakam {וַתָּ֙קָם֙ | va-tā-kam}: and she arose (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • vateilekh {וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ | va-tê-lekh}: and she went (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • Shiloh {שִׁלֹ֔ה | Šî-lô}: Shiloh (proper noun • locative) • vatavo {וַתָּבֹ֖א | va-tā-vo}: and she came (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • beit {בֵּ֣ית | bē-ṯ}: house of (construct form • masculine singular) • Achiya {אֲחִיָּ֑ה | ʾă-ḥî-yā}: Ahijah (proper noun • masculine singular) • vaAchiyahu {וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ | va-ʾă-ḥî-yā-hû}: and Ahijah (vav conjunction + proper noun • masculine singular) • lo-yakhol {לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל | lō-yā-khol}: could not (negative particle + Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • lir’ot {לִרְא֔וֹת | li-r-’ōṯ}: to see (Qal infinitive construct) • ki {כִּ֛י | kî}: because (conjunction) • kamu {קָ֥מוּ | qā-mû}: had become dim (Qal perfect • third person plural) • einav {עֵינָ֖יו | ’ê-’î-nāw}: his eyes (noun • masculine plural absolute with pronominal suffix) • miseivo {מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ | mi-sē-wō}: from old age (preposition + noun in construct with pronominal suffix) |