| 13. Morphological Analysis vayya’asu {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ | wayya‘ăśû}: and they did/made (vav consecutive • qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • ose {עֹשֵׂי | ’ōšê}: doers/makers (qal active participle • masculine plural • construct) • ha-melakhah {הַמְּלָאכָה | hamməlāḵāh}: the work/task (noun • feminine singular • definite) • va-ta’al {וַתַּעַל | wəṯṯā‘al}: and it advanced/rose (vav consecutive • qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • arukhah {אֲרוּכָה | ’ărûḵâ}: repair/progress/healing (noun • feminine singular) • la-melakhah {לַמְּלָאכָה | lamməlāḵāh}: for the work (preposition • noun • feminine singular • definite) • be-yadam {בְּיָדָם | bə-yāḏām}: by their hand (preposition • noun • third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • vayya’amidu {וַיַּעֲמִידוּ | wayya‘ammîḏû}: and they set up/established (vav consecutive • hiphil imperfect • third person masculine plural) • et-beit {אֶת־בֵּ֧ית | ’ēṯ-bêṯ}: direct object marker + house (particle • noun • masculine singular • construct) • ha-Elohim {הָאֱלֹהִים | hā’ĕlōhîm}: the God (noun • proper • masculine plural • definite) • al-matkunto {עַל־מַתְכֻּנְתּוֹ | al-maṯkûnṯō}: upon its foundation/structure (preposition • noun • third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vaye’amtzuhu {וַיְאַמְּצֻהוּ | wayya‘amməṣû-hû}: and they strengthened it (vav consecutive • piel imperfect • third person masculine plural • third person masculine singular object suffix) |