| 17. Morphological Analysis vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vā-ya-wō-’ū}: and they came (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • kol-ha’am {כָל־הָעָם | kol ha-‘ām}: all the people (quantifier + definite article + noun • masculine singular construct) • beit-habba‘al {בֵּית־הַבַּעַל | bêyt ha-Ba‘al}: house of Baal (noun • masculine singular construct + definite article + proper noun) • vayyittetzuhu {וַיִּתְּצֻהוּ | vā-yit-te-ṣū-hū}: and they demolished it (vav-consecutive • Piel imperfect • third person masculine plural + third person masculine singular suffix) • ve’et-mizbechotav {וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָיו | wə-’et miz-be-ḥō-ṯāw}: and his altars (conjunction + direct object marker + noun • feminine plural absolute + third person masculine singular suffix) • ve’et-tzelamav {וְאֶת־צְלָמָיו | wə-’et tze-lā-māw}: and his images (conjunction + direct object marker + noun • masculine plural absolute + third person masculine singular suffix) • shiberu {שִׁבֵּרוּ | šiḇ-ḇê-rû}: they broke (Piel perfect • third person masculine plural) • ve’et {וְאֵת | wə-’et}: and (direct object marker) • mattan {מַתָּן | mat-tān}: Mattan (proper noun) • kohen-habba‘al {כֹּהֵן הַבַּעַל | kō-hēn ha-Ba‘al}: priest of Baal (noun • masculine singular absolute + definite article + proper noun) • hargu {הָרְגוּ | hā-rə-gū}: they killed (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lif-nê}: before (preposition + noun in construct) • ha-mizbechot {הַמִּזְבְּחוֹת | ha-miz-be-ḥō-ṯ}: the altars (definite article + noun • feminine plural absolute) |