| 5. Morphological Analysis wayyaamed {וַיַּעֲמֵד | wə-yā-ʿă-mēd}: and he appointed (vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular) • shoftim {שֹׁפְטִים | šōp̄tîm}: judges (noun masculine plural absolute) • ba’aretz {בָּאָרֶץ | bā-ʾā-reṣ}: in the land (preposition + noun feminine singular absolute with definite article) • bekhol-arei {בְּכָל־עָרֵי | bə-khol-ʿā-rē}: in all the cities of (preposition + noun feminine plural construct with kol “all”) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | Yəhûḏāh}: Judah (proper noun masculine singular) • habetsurot {הַבְּצֻרוֹת | ha-bəṣurōṯ}: the fortified cities (noun feminine plural absolute with definite article from root ב־צ־ר) • leir {לְעִיר | lə-ʿîr}: to city (preposition + noun feminine singular absolute) • vair {וָעִיר | wā-ʿîr}: and city (conjunction + noun feminine singular absolute distributive). |