| 2. Morphological Analysis vayyasovu {וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ | va-yyā-sô-bû}: and they went around (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • biYehudah {בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה | bi-yᵉ-hū-dāh}: in Judah (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • vayikbetzu {וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּ | va-yik-bə-ṣû}: and they gathered (vav consecutive + Piel imperfect third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת־ | ’et}: direct object marker (particle) • haLeviim {הַלְוִיִּם֙ | hal-wî-yîm}: the Levites (definite article + noun masculine plural) • mikkol {מִכָּל־ | mik-kol}: from all (preposition + noun masculine singular) • arei {עָרֵ֣י | ʻā-rê}: cities (noun masculine plural construct) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָ֔ה | yᵉ-hū-dāh}: of Judah (proper noun masculine singular in construct) • veRashei {וְרָאשֵׁ֥י | wᵉ-rā-šê}: and heads (conjunction + noun masculine plural construct) • haAvot {הָאָב֖וֹת | hā-’ā-ḇōṯ}: the fathers (definite article + noun feminine plural) • leYisrael {לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | lᵉ-yis-ra-’êl}: of Israel (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • vayyavo’u {וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | va-yyā-ḇō-’û}: and they came (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • el {אֶל־ | ’el}: to (preposition) • Yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | yᵉ-rû-šā-lā-yim}: Jerusalem (proper noun feminine singular) |