| 5. Morphological Analysis ushemayah {וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה | û-šə-maʿ-yāh}: and Shemaiah (conjunction vav + proper noun • masculine singular) • hanavi {הַנָּבִיא֙ | ha-nā-vîʾ}: the prophet (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • ba {בָּ֣א | bāʾ}: came (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • el-rechavam {אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֔ם | ʾel-rəḥavʿām}: to Rehoboam (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • vesarei {וְשָׂרֵ֣י | wə-sārê}: and officials of (conjunction vav + noun • masculine plural construct) • yehudah {יְהוּדָ֔ה | yə-hûdāh}: Judah (proper noun • feminine singular) • asher-neesfu {אֲשֶׁר־נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ | ʾăšer-neʾespû}: who had assembled (relative particle + verb • Niphal perfect • third person common plural) • el-yerushalayim {אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם | ʾel-yərûšālayim}: to Jerusalem (preposition + proper noun • feminine) • mipnei {מִפְּנֵ֣י | mippenê}: because of (preposition min + noun panim • masculine plural construct) • shishaq {שִׁישָׁ֑ק | šîšāq}: Shishak (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lahem {לָהֶ֜ם | lāhem}: to them (preposition lamed + pronominal suffix • third person masculine plural) • ko-amar {כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר | kō-ʾāmar}: thus said (adverb + verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֗ה | yə-hō-wāh}: the LORD (proper noun • divine name) • attem {אַתֶּם֙ | ʾattem}: you (independent pronoun • second person masculine plural) • azavtem {עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם | ʿăzavtem}: you abandoned (verb • Qal perfect • second person masculine plural) • oti {אֹתִ֔י | ʾōtî}: Me (direct object marker + pronominal suffix • first person singular) • veaf-ani {וְאַף־אֲנִ֛י | wəʾap̄-ʾănî}: and even I (conjunction vav + adverb + independent pronoun • first person singular) • azavti {עָזַ֥בְתִּי | ʿāzavtî}: I abandoned (verb • Qal perfect • first person singular) • etkhem {אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkem}: you (direct object marker + pronominal suffix • second person masculine plural) • beyad-shishaq {בְּיַד־שִׁישָֽׁק׃ | bə-yad-šîšāq}: into the hand of Shishak (preposition bet + noun yad • feminine singular construct + proper noun • masculine singular) |