| 2. Morphological Analysis vaya‘amed {וַיַּעֲמֵ֥ד | way-‘a-mēd}: and he stationed (vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular) • hakōhanim {הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים | ha-kō-ḥă-nîm}: the priests (noun masculine plural absolute with definite article) • ʿal-miš-mə-rō-ṯām {עַל־מִשְׁמְרוֹתָם | ʿal-miš-mə-rō-ṯām}: upon their watches (preposition plus noun masculine plural absolute with third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • vayəḥazzəqēm {וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֔ם | way-ḥaz-zə-qēm}: and he strengthened them (vav-consecutive Piel imperfect third person masculine singular with direct object suffix third person masculine plural) • la-ʿă-vō-ḏat {לַעֲבוֹדַת | la-ʿă-vō-ḏat}: for the service (preposition plus noun feminine singular construct) • bēt {בֵּ֥ית | bēt}: house (noun masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָֽה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name Tetragrammaton) |