| 26. Morphological Analysis vayyomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way-yō-mer-û}: and they said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • lemelekh {לְמֶ֣לֶךְ | lə-me-lekh}: to the king (preposition + noun masculine singular construct) • Ashur {אַשּׁוּר | ʾaš-šûr}: Assyria (proper noun masculine singular) • lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾă-môr}: saying (infinitive construct of Qal stem) • hagoyim {הַגּוֹיִם | ha-gō-yim}: the nations (definite article + noun masculine plural) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}: whom (relative pronoun) • higlita {הִגְלִיתָ | hig-lî-tā}: you exiled (Hifil perfect second person masculine singular) • vatoshev {וַתּוֹשֶׁב | wat-tō-šehv}: and you caused to dwell (vav consecutive + Hifil imperfect second person masculine singular) • bearei {בְּעָרֵי | bə-ʿā-rê}: in the cities of (preposition + noun feminine plural construct) • Shomron {שֹׁמְרוֹן | šōm-rôn}: Samaria (proper noun masculine singular) • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • yadʿu {יָדְעוּ | yā-ḏə-ʿû}: they knew (Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • et-mishpat {אֶת־מִשְׁפַּט | ʾet-miš-pā-ṭ}: the ordinance (direct object marker + noun masculine singular) • Elohei {אֱלֹהֵי | ʾĕ-lō-ḥê}: of the God (proper noun plural form with singular meaning • construct) • haaretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ}: the land (definite article + noun feminine singular) • vayeshalachbam {וַיְשַׁלַּח־בָּם | way-šal-lā-ḥ-bām}: and he sent among them (vav consecutive + Piel imperfect third person masculine singular + locative suffix) • et-haaryot {אֶת־הָאֲרָיוֹת | ʾet-hā-ʾă-rā-yōt}: the lions (direct object marker + noun feminine plural) • vehinnam {וְהִנָּם | wə-hin-nām}: and behold they (conjunction + particle of existence + pronoun third person masculine plural) • memitim {מְמִיתִים | mə-mi-tîm}: killing (Piel active participle masculine plural) • otam {אוֹתָם | ʾō-tām}: them (object pronoun third person masculine plural) • kaasher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer}: because (comparative conjunction) • einam {אֵינָם | ʾê-nām}: they are not (negative copula + pronoun suffix) • yodim {יֹדְעִים | yō-ḏə-ʿîm}: knowing (Qal participle masculine plural) |