| 7. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִ֗י | wayhî}: and it happened (conjunction vav + verb • Qal stem • wayyiqtol sequence • third person masculine singular) • ki-khateu {כִּֽי־חָטְא֤וּ | kî-ḥāṭʾû}: because they sinned (conjunction + verb • Qal stem • perfect • third person common plural) • bnei-yisrael {בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | bənê-yiśrāʾēl}: sons of Israel (noun • masculine plural construct + proper noun • masculine singular) • laYHWH {לַיהוָ֣ה | layəhōwāh}: to the LORD (preposition lamed + proper noun • divine name) • eloheihem {אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾĕlōhêhem}: their God (noun • masculine plural form with singular sense • construct + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • hamaaleh {הַמַּעֲלֶ֤ה | hammaʿălêh}: the One bringing up (definite article + verb • Hiphil stem • active participle • masculine singular) • otam {אֹתָם֙ | ʾōtām}: them (independent personal pronoun functioning as direct object • third person masculine plural) • meeretz {מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | mēʾereṣ}: from the land (preposition min + noun • feminine singular absolute) • mitsrayim {מִצְרַ֔יִם | miṣrayim}: Egypt (proper noun • masculine plural form) • mitachat {מִתַּ֕חַת | mittaḥat}: from under (preposition) • yad {יַ֖ד | yad}: hand (noun • feminine singular absolute) • paro {פַּרְעֹ֣ה | parʿōh}: Pharaoh (proper noun • masculine singular) • melech-mitsrayim {מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָ֑יִם | meleḵ-miṣrayim}: king of Egypt (noun • masculine singular construct + proper noun) • vayiru {וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ | wayyirʾû}: and they feared (conjunction vav + verb • Qal stem • wayyiqtol sequence • third person common plural) • elohim {אֱלֹהִ֥ים | ʾĕlōhîm}: gods (noun • masculine plural) • akherim {אֲחֵרִֽים׃ | ʾăḥērîm}: other (adjective • masculine plural) |