| 6. Morphological Analysis vayiven {וַיִּבֶן | wayyīben}: and he built (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine singular) • arei {עָרֵי | ʿāre}: cities of (noun + masculine plural construct) • metzora {מְצוֹרָה | metsôrâ}: fortification (noun + feminine singular absolute) • biyehudah {בִּיהוּדָה | bîhūdāh}: in Judah (preposition + proper noun + feminine singular absolute) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • shaqtah {שָׁקְטָה | shaqṭâh}: was at rest (Qal perfect + third person feminine singular) • haaretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā’āreṣ}: the land (definite article + noun + feminine singular absolute) • ve’ein {וְאֵין | wə’ên}: and there is not (conjunction + negative existential) • immo {עִמּוֹ | ’immô}: with him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | milḥāmâ}: war (noun + feminine singular absolute) • bashanim {בַּשָּׁנִים | baššanîm}: in the years (preposition + noun + feminine plural absolute) • ha’eileh {הָאֵלֶּה | hā’ēlleh}: these (demonstrative pronoun + feminine plural) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • hēnîyaḥ {הֵנִיחַ | hênîyaḥ}: he caused rest (Hiphil perfect + third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • Tetragrammaton) • lô {לֽוֹ | lō}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) |