| 40. Morphological Analysis velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • shame’u {שָׁמֵעוּ | šā-me-ʾû}: they listened (Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for/because (causal conjunction) • im {אִם | ʾim}: if/except (conditional particle) • ke-mishpatam {כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם | kə-miš-pā-ṭām}: according to their custom (preposition + noun construct + third person masculine plural suffix) • harishon {הָרִאשׁוֹן | hā-rîʾšôn}: the former (definite article + masculine singular adjective) • hem {הֵם | hēm}: they (independent pronoun third person masculine plural) • osim {עֹשִׂים | ʿô-śîm}: doing (Qal active participle masculine plural) |