| 13. Morphological Analysis vayitchazzek {וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק | wayyiṯḥazzēq}: and he strengthened himself (vav-consecutive Hitpael imperfect third person masculine singular) • ha-melekh {הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ | hamméleḵ}: the king (definite article + noun masculine singular) • reḥavʻām {רְחַבְעָ֛ם | Reḥavʻām}: Rehoboam (proper noun masculine singular) • bi-Yerušālayim {בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם | bi-Yerušālayim}: in Jerusalem (preposition + proper noun feminine singular) • vayimlōḵ {וַיִּמְלֹ֑ךְ | wayyimlōḵ}: and he reigned (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • kî {כִּ֣י | kî}: for (conjunction) • ben-ʼarbāʿîm {בֶן־אַרְבָּעִים | ben-ʼarbāʿîm}: son of forty (construct noun with masculine plural numeral) • wə-ʼaḥāṯ {וְאַחַ֣ת | wə-ʼaḥāṯ}: and one (conjunction + feminine singular numeral) • šā·nāh {שָׁנָה֩ | šā·nāh}: year (noun feminine singular) • Reḥavʻām {רְחַבְעָ֨ם | Reḥavʻām}: Rehoboam (proper noun masculine singular) • bə-malkô {בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ | bə-malkô}: in his reign (preposition + noun construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • u-šəḇaʿ ʿeśrē {וּֽשְׁבַ֨ע עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה | u-šəḇaʿ ʿeśrē}: and seventeen (conjunction + masculine numeral + feminine numeral) • šā·nāh {שָׁנָ֣ה | šā·nāh}: year (noun feminine singular) • mālaḵ {מָלַ֣ךְ | mālaḵ}: he reigned (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • bi-Yerušālayim {בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם | bi-Yerušālayim}: in Jerusalem (preposition + proper noun feminine singular) • hā-ʿîr {הָ֠עִיר | hā-ʿîr}: the city (definite article + noun feminine singular) • ʼăšer {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʼăšer}: which (relative pronoun) • bāḥar {בָּחַ֨ר | bāḥar}: he chose (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֜ה | Yəhôwāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) • lāšûm {לָשׂ֨וּם | lāšûm}: to put (preposition + Qal infinitive construct) • ʼet-šəmô {אֶת־שְׁמ֥וֹ | ʼet-šəmô}: his name (direct object marker + noun construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • šām {שָׁם | šām}: there (adverb) • mikkōl {מִכֹּל֙ | mikkōl}: from all (preposition + noun masculine singular) • šibbṯē {שִׁבְטֵ֣י | šibbṯē}: tribes of (construct masculine plural noun) • Yisrāʼēl {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yisrāʼēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular) • wə-šēm {וְשֵׁ֣ם | wə-šēm}: and name (conjunction + noun masculine singular) • ʼimmô {אִמּ֔וֹ | ʼimmô}: his mother (noun construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • Naʻămāh {נַעֲמָ֖ה | Naʻămāh}: Naamah (proper noun feminine singular) • hā-ʿammōnīt {הָֽעַמֹּנִֽית | hā-ʿammōnīt}: the Ammonitess (definite article + gentilic adjective feminine singular) |