| 2. Morphological Analysis vayiten {וַיִּ֨תֶּן־חַ֔יִל | wayyiṯen-khayil}: and he stationed military force (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular + noun • masculine singular absolute) • b’khol-arei {בְּכָל־עָרֵ֥י | bəkhol-’ārei}: in all cities (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute + noun • feminine plural construct) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָ֖ה | Yehudah}: Judah (proper noun) • ha-betzurot {הַבְּצֻר֑וֹת | habeṣurōt}: the fortified (adjective • feminine plural absolute with definite article) • vayiten {וַיִּתֵּ֤ן | wayyiṯen}: and he placed (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • netzivim {נְצִיבִים֙ | nᵉṣīvīm}: garrisons (noun • masculine plural absolute) • b’eretz {בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | bᵉʾereṣ}: in the land (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָ֔ה | Yehudah}: Judah (proper noun) • u-b’arei {וּבְעָרֵ֣י | u-bᵉ’ārei}: and in cities (conjunction + preposition + noun • feminine plural construct) • Ephrayim {אֶפְרַ֔יִם | ’Ephrayim}: Ephraim (proper noun) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ăšer}: which (relative pronoun • common singular) • lakad {לָכַ֖ד | lākad}: he captured (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • Asa {אָסָ֥א | ’Ōśā}: Asa (proper noun) • aviv {אָבִֽיו | ’āvîv}: his father (noun • masculine singular construct + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) |