| 23. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayhî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • litkufat {לִתְקוּפַת | li-tqû-paṯ}: at the turn (preposition lamed + noun • feminine singular construct) • hashanah {הַשָּׁנָה | ha-šānāh}: the year (noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • alah {עָלָה | ‘ālāh}: went up (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • alav {עָלָיו | ‘ālāw}: against him (preposition ‘al + third person masculine singular suffix) • cheil {חֵיל | ḥêyl}: army (noun • masculine singular construct) • aram {אֲרָם | ’ă-rām}: Aram (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyāḇō’û}: and they came (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • el {אֶל | ’el}: to (preposition) • yehudah {יְהוּדָה | Yəhūdāh}: Judah (proper noun • feminine singular) • virushalayim {וִירוּשָׁלִַם | wîrûšālāyim}: and Jerusalem (conjunction vav + proper noun • feminine singular) • vayashchitu {וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ | wayyašḥîtû}: and they destroyed (vav-consecutive • Hiphil imperfect • third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת | ’et}: direct object marker (accusative particle) • kol {כָּל | kol}: all (noun • masculine singular construct) • sarei {שָׂרֵי | śārê}: leaders (noun • masculine plural construct) • ha’am {הָעָם | hā-’ām}: the people (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • me’am {מֵעָם | mê-‘ām}: from the people (preposition min + noun • masculine singular absolute) • vekol {וְכָל | wə-kol}: and all (conjunction vav + noun • masculine singular construct) • shlalam {שְׁלָלָם | šəlālām}: their plunder (noun • masculine singular absolute; third person masculine plural suffix) • shilchu {שִׁלְּחוּ | šilləḥû}: they sent (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • lemelech {לְמֶלֶךְ | lə-méleḵ}: to the king (preposition lamed + noun • masculine singular absolute) • darmasek {דַּרְמָשֶׂק | dāṟmāśeq}: Damascus (proper noun • masculine singular) |