| 5. Morphological Analysis vayikbotz {וַיִּקְבֹּץ | wayyiqboṣ}: and he gathered (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker • hakohanim {הַכֹּהֲנִים | ha-qōhănîm}: the priests (definite article + masculine plural noun) • vehalviiyim {וְהַלְוִיִּם | wə-halwı̂yı̂m}: and the Levites (conjunction + definite article + masculine plural noun) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • lahem {לָהֶם | lāhem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • tze’u {צְאוּ | ṣəʾū}: go out (Qal imperative masculine plural) • le’arei {לְעָרֵי | lə-ʿārĕy}: to the cities of (preposition + masculine plural construct) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | Yehūdāh}: Judah (proper noun) • vekivtsu {וְקִבְצוּ | wə-qibṣû}: and gather (vav-consecutive • Qal imperative masculine plural) • mikol {מִכָּל־ | mi-kōl}: from all (preposition + noun construct) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun) • kesef {כֶּסֶף | keseph}: money (noun • masculine singular) • lechazek {לְחַזֵּק | lə-ḥazzēq}: to strengthen (preposition + Piel infinitive construct) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker • beit {בֵּית | bēṯ}: house of (noun construct) • Eloheikhem {אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | ʾĕlôhêykhem}: your God (divine title + second person masculine plural suffix) • midei {מִדֵּי | mid·dei}: from year to year (preposition + construct noun) • shanah {שָׁנָה | šānāh}: year (noun • feminine singular absolute) • beshanah {בְּשָׁנָה | bə-šānāh}: in a year (preposition + noun absolute) • veatem {וְאַתֶּם | wə-ʾattēm}: and you (conjunction + pronoun masculine plural) • temaharu {תְּמַהֲרוּ | təmahrū}: hasten (Piel imperfect second person masculine plural) • ladavar {לַדָּבָר | la-dāḇār}: to the matter (preposition + definite article + noun) • velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction + negation) • miharu {מִהֲרוּ | mihharū}: they hastened (Piel perfect third person masculine plural) • haleviiyim {הַלְוִיִּם | ha-lewı̂yı̂m}: the Levites (definite article + masculine plural noun) |