| 8. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (conjunction vav with consecutive force • verb • Qal • imperfect • third person masculine singular) • hamelekh {הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hammelek}: the king (noun • masculine singular absolute • definite article) • wayyaasu {וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ | wayyaʿăśû}: and they made (conjunction vav with consecutive force • verb • Qal • imperfect • third person masculine plural) • aron {אֲר֣וֹן | ʾārôn}: chest (noun • masculine singular absolute) • echad {אֶחָ֑ד | ʾeḥād}: one (cardinal number • masculine singular) • wayyittenuhu {וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֛הוּ | wayyittenūhû}: and they placed it (conjunction vav with consecutive force • verb • Qal • imperfect • third person masculine plural • third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • beshaar {בְּשַׁ֥עַר | bəšaʿar}: at the gate (preposition bet • noun • masculine singular absolute) • beit-Yahweh {בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה | bêṯ-Yahweh}: house of the LORD (noun • masculine singular construct • proper noun divine name) • chutzah {חֽוּצָה | ḥûṣâ}: outside (adverb of place) |