| 24. Morphological Analysis vayave {וַיָּבֵא | wayyāvêʾ}: and he brought (consecutive vav + Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular) • melech {מֶֽלֶךְ | mêlek}: king (noun masculine singular absolute) • Ashur {אַשּׁ֡וּר | ʾaššûr}: Assyria (proper noun masculine singular) • mibavel {מִבָּבֶ֡ל | miḇbāḇel}: from Babylon (preposition min + proper noun) • umikuta {וּמִכּוּתָה | u-miḵûtāh}: and from Kuthah (conjunction + preposition + proper noun) • umeava {וּמֵעַוָּ֤א | u-meʿawwā}: and from Avva (conjunction + preposition + proper noun) • umechamat {וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙ | u-meḥāmat}: and from Hamath (conjunction + preposition + proper noun) • useparvayim {וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם | u-separvāyim}: and from Sepharvaim (conjunction + preposition + proper noun) • vayoshev {וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙ | wayyošēḇ}: and he settled (consecutive vav + Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular) • bearei {בְּעָרֵ֣י | bə-ʿārê}: in the cities of (preposition + feminine plural construct) • Shomron {שֹֽׁמְרוֹן | šomerōn}: Samaria (proper noun feminine singular) • tachat {תַּ֖חַת | taḥat}: instead of (preposition) • bnei {בְּנֵ֣י | bənê}: sons of (masculine plural construct) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular) • vayirshu {וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ֙ | wayyi{r}šū}: and they took possession (consecutive vav + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct-object marker • Shomron {שֹׁ֣מְרוֹן | šomerōn}: Samaria (proper noun feminine singular) • vayyeshevu {וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ | wayyešēḇū}: and they dwelled (consecutive vav + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • beareha {בְּעָרֶֽיהָ | bə-ʿāreyhā}: in its cities (preposition + construct + pronominal suffix) |