| 8. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayhî}: and it was (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ləʾāsā {לְאָסָא | lə-ʾā-sā}: to Asa (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • ḥayil {חַיִל | ḥa-yil}: army/force (noun • masculine singular absolute) • nōse {נֹשֵׂא | nō-sē}: bearing (Qal active participle • masculine singular construct) • ṣinnâh {צִנָּה | ṣin-nā}: large shield (noun • feminine singular absolute) • və-rōmaḥ {וָרֹמַח | və-rō-maḥ}: and spear (conjunction + noun • masculine singular absolute) • miyhūdāh {מִיְהוּדָה | mi-hū-dā}: from Judah (preposition + proper noun) • šālôš {שְׁלֹשׁ | šā-lôš}: three (numeral • feminine singular absolute) • mēʾōṯ {מֵאוֹת | mē-ʾōṯ}: hundreds (numeral • feminine plural absolute) • ʾelep̄ {אֶלֶף | ʾe-lep̄}: thousand (numeral • masculine singular absolute collective) • ūmibinyāmin {וּמִבִּנְיָמִן | ū-mi-bin-yā-min}: and from Benjamin (conjunction + preposition + proper noun) • nōsəʾē {נֹשְׂאֵי | nō-sə-ʾê}: bearers (Qal active participle • masculine plural construct) • māgēn {מָגֵן | mā-gên}: shield (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ve-dōrḵê {וְדֹרְכֵי | ve-dôr-ḵê}: and wielders (conjunction + Qal active participle • masculine plural construct) • qešeṯ {קֶשֶׁת | ke-šeṯ}: bow (noun • feminine singular absolute) • māṭāyim {מָאתַיִם | mā-ṭā-yim}: two hundred (numeral • masculine dual absolute) • ūšəmōnîm {וּשְׁמֹנִים | ū-šə-mō-nîm}: and eighty (conjunction + numeral • masculine plural absolute) • ʾelep̄ {אֶלֶף | ʾe-lep̄}: thousand (numeral • masculine singular absolute collective) • kullām {כֻּלָּם | kul-lām}: all of them (noun • masculine plural absolute + third person masculine plural suffix) • gibborē {גִּבּוֹרֵי | gib-bō-rê}: mighty ones (noun • masculine plural construct) • ḥayil {חַיִל | ḥa-yil}: warriors (noun • masculine singular absolute) |