| 18. Morphological Analysis vayyaazvu {וַיַּֽעַזְב֗וּ | wayyaʿazvēw}: forsook (verb • Qal imperfect with vav-consecutive • third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • beit {בֵּ֤ית | bēt}: house (noun • feminine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה֙ | Yahweh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • Tetragrammaton • masculine singular) • elohei {אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾĕ-lō-hê}: God-of (noun • masculine plural construct • divine title) • avoteihem {אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾă-vō-tê-hem}: their fathers (noun • masculine plural construct with third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • vayyaavdu {וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ | wayyaʿaḇdū}: served (verb • Qal imperfect with vav-consecutive • third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • ha-asherim {הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים | ha-ʾă-šērîm}: the Asherim (noun • masculine plural absolute with definite article) • ve-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet}: and direct object marker (conjunction + particle) • ha-atzavim {הָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים | ha-ʿa-ṣab-bîm}: the idols (noun • masculine plural absolute with definite article) • vayehi {וַֽיְהִי־ | wayhî}: and came to be (verb • Qal imperfect with vav-consecutive • third person masculine singular) • ketsef {קֶ֗צֶף | qeṣep̄}: wrath (noun • masculine singular absolute) • al {עַל־ | ʿal}: upon (preposition) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָה֙ | Yə-hû-dāh}: Judah (proper noun • masculine singular) • viYerushalayim {וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | wî-yə-rû-šā-lā-yim}: and Jerusalem (conjunction + proper noun • feminine singular) • be-ashmatam {בְּאַשְׁמָתָ֖ם | bə-ʾaš-mā-tām}: because of their guilt (preposition + noun • feminine singular construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • zot {זֹֽאת | zōṯ}: this (demonstrative pronoun • feminine singular) |