| 7. Morphological Analysis vayyiqqavetsu {וַיִּקָּבְצוּ | wayyiqqāḇəṣû}: and they gathered (conjunction vav + verb • Niphal wayyiqtol • third person masculine plural) • alav {עָלָיו | ʿalāyw}: against him (preposition + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • anashim {אֲנָשִׁים | ʾănāšîm}: men (noun • masculine plural absolute) • reqim {רֵקִים | rēqîm}: worthless (adjective • masculine plural absolute) • benei {בְּנֵי | benê}: sons of (noun • masculine plural construct) • beliyaal {בְלִיַּעַל | bəlîyaʿal}: worthlessness (noun • masculine singular absolute) • vayitammetsu {וַיִּתְאַמְּצוּ | wayyitʾamməṣû}: and they strengthened themselves (conjunction vav + verb • Hithpael wayyiqtol • third person masculine plural) • al-rehav'am {עַל־רְחַבְעָם | ʿal-rəḥaḇʿām}: against Rehoboam (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • ben-shelomoh {בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹה | ben-šəlōmōh}: son of Solomon (noun • masculine singular construct + proper noun • masculine singular) • urehav'am {וּרְחַבְעָם | û-rəḥaḇʿām}: and Rehoboam (conjunction vav + proper noun • masculine singular) • hayah {הָיָה | hāyāh}: was (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • na'ar {נַעַר | naʿar}: a youth (noun • masculine singular absolute) • verakh-levav {וְרַךְ־לֵבָב | wə-raḵ-lēḇāḇ}: and tender of heart (conjunction vav + adjective • masculine singular construct + noun • masculine singular absolute) • velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction vav + negative particle) • hitchazek {הִתְחַזֵּק | hitḥazzēq}: he strengthened himself (verb • Hithpael perfect • third person masculine singular) • lifneihem {לִפְנֵיהֶם | lipnêhem}: before them (preposition + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) |