| 2. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer}: and he said (conjunction vav consec + Qal imperfect verb • third person masculine singular) • Shelomoh {שְׁלֹמֹה | šə-lō-mōh}: Solomon (proper noun • masculine singular) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • kol {כָּל | kol}: all (noun • masculine singular construct) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • lesarei {לְשָׂרֵי | lə-śā-rê}: to the officers (preposition + noun • masculine plural construct) • ha'alafim {הָאֲלָפִים | hā-ʾă-lā-fîm}: the thousands (noun • masculine plural absolute with definite article) • ve-la-meot {וְלַמֵּאוֹת | wə-lam-mē-ʾōt}: and to the hundreds (conjunction vav + preposition + noun • feminine plural absolute) • ve-la-shoftim {וְלַשֹּׁפְטִים | wə-laš-šōp̄-ṭîm}: and to the judges (conjunction vav + preposition + noun • masculine plural absolute) • ve-le-kol {וְלְכֹל | wə-lə-kol}: and to every (conjunction vav + preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • nasi {נָשִׂיא | nā-śî-ʾ}: chief (noun • masculine singular absolute) • le-kol-yisrael {לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל | lə-kol-yiś-rā-ʾēl}: to all Israel (preposition + construct noun + proper noun) • rashei {רָאשֵׁי | rā-šê}: heads (noun • masculine plural construct) • ha'avot {הָאָבוֹת | hā-ʾā-vōt}: of the fathers (noun • masculine plural absolute with definite article) |