| 15. Morphological Analysis vayimasu {וַיִּמְאֲסוּ | wa-yim-MA-su}: and they rejected (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ}: direct object marker • chukav {חֻקָּיו | ḥuqqā-w}: his statutes (noun masculine plural construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • veetberito {וְאֶת־בְּרִיתוֹ | wə-ʾeṯ-bə-riṯô}: his covenant (noun feminine singular construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative particle) • karat {כָּרַת | kā-raṭ}: he made/cut (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • etavotam {אֶת־אֲבוֹתָם | ʾeṯ-ʾă-vō-ṯam}: their fathers (noun masculine plural construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • veet {וְאֵת | wə-ʾēṯ}: and (direct object marker) • edotov {עֵדְוֺתָיו | ʿêḏwô-ṯāw}: his testimonies (noun feminine plural construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative particle) • heid {הֵעִיד | hē-ʿîḏ}: he testified (Hif‘il perfect third person masculine singular) • bam {בָּם | bā-m}: in them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • vayelchu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | wa-yēl-kū}: and they walked (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾa-ḥă-rē}: after (preposition) • hahevel {הַהֶבֶל | ha-hê-ḇel}: the vanity (noun masculine singular absolute with definite article) • vayehbalu {וַיֶּהְבָּלוּ | wa-yeh-be-lû}: and they became empty (vav-consecutive Niphal imperfect third person masculine plural) • veacharei {וְאַחֲרֵי | wə-ʾa-ḥă-rē}: and after (preposition) • hagoyim {הַגּוֹיִם | ha-gô-yim}: the nations (noun masculine plural absolute with definite article) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative particle) • sevivotam {סְבִיבֹתָם | ṣə-vî-ḇō-ṯam}: around them (noun feminine plural construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative particle) • tsivah {צִוָּה | ṣî-wwāh}: he commanded (Piel perfect third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • Tetragrammaton) • otam {אֹתָם | ʾō-ṯām}: them (direct object marker with third person masculine plural suffix) • lebilti {לְבִלְתִּי | lə-bil-tî}: not to (preposition + negative infinitive marker) • asot {עֲשׂוֹת | ʿă-sôṯ}: to do (Qal infinitive construct) • kahem {כָּהֶם | kā-hem}: like them (preposition with third person masculine plural suffix) |