| 4. Morphological Analysis ki {כִּי | kī}: for/because (conjunction) • le-Elohei {לֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵי | lē-ʾĕlō-hē}: to the God of (preposition + noun construct masculine plural with third person masculine singular suffix) • aviv {אָבִיו | ʾā-vîv}: his father (noun construct masculine singular with third person masculine singular suffix) • darash {דָּרָשׁ | dā-rāš}: he sought (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • u-ve-mitzvotav {וּבְמִצְוֺתָיו | ū-wə-mîṣ-wō-ṯāw}: and in his commandments (conjunction + preposition + noun construct feminine plural with third person masculine singular suffix) • halakh {הָלָךְ | hā-lāḵ}: he walked (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ve-lo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • ke-ma’aseh {כְּמַעֲשֵׂה | kə-mā-ʿā-sê}: like the practice of (preposition + noun construct masculine singular) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular). |