| 4. Morphological Analysis vayyaqqāḇṣû {וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ | văyyiq-qāḇṣû}: and they gathered (conjunctive vav + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural • consecutive) • Yəhūḏāh {יְהוּדָ֔ה | Yəhūḏāh}: Judah (proper noun • masculine singular) • ləvaqqēš {לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ | ləvaqqēš}: to seek (Qal infinitive construct) • mey-Yəhōwāh {מֵֽיְהוָ֑ה | mey-Yəhōwāh}: from the LORD (preposition min + Tetragrammaton • proper noun) • gam {גַּ֚ם | gam}: also (conjunction) • mikkāl-’ārēy {מִכָּל־עָרֵי | mikkāl-’ārēy}: from all cities (preposition min + kol “all” + ’ārēy “cities” in plural construct) • Yəhūḏāh {יְהוּדָ֔ה | Yəhūḏāh}: Judah (proper noun • masculine singular) • bā’û {בָּ֖אוּ | bā’û}: they came (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • ləvaqqēš {לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ | ləvaqqēš}: to seek (Qal infinitive construct) • ’et-Yəhōwāh {אֶת־יְהוָֽה | ’et-Yəhōwāh}: the LORD (direct object marker + Tetragrammaton • proper noun) |