| 9. Morphological Analysis vayechappeu {וַיְחַפְּא֣וּ | va-ye-ḥap-pe-’u}: and they acted secretly (vav consecutive Piel imperfect third person masculine plural) • benei-yisrael {בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | bə-nē yiś-ra-’ēl}: sons of Israel (noun construct masculine plural) • devarim {דְּבָרִים֙ | də-ḇā-rîm}: matters; things (noun masculine plural absolute) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă-šer}: which; that (relative pronoun) • lo-ken {לֹא־כֵ֔ן | lō kên}: not right (negative particle + adverb) • al-yehovah {עַל־יְהוָ֖ה | ’al yə-hō-wāh}: against the LORD (preposition + proper noun) • elohaihem {אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם | ’ĕ-lō-ḥē-hem}: their God (noun construct plural with third person masculine plural suffix) • vayivnu {וַיִּבְנ֨וּ | va-yyiḇ-nū}: and they built (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • lahem {לָהֶ֤ם | lā-hem}: for themselves (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • bamot {בָּמוֹת֙ | bā-mōṯ}: high places (noun feminine plural absolute) • bechol-areihim {בְּכָל־עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם | bə-kol ’ā-rê-yem}: in all their cities (preposition + noun with pronominal suffix) • mimigdal {מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל | mim-mig-ḏal}: from a tower (preposition + noun) • notzerim {נוֹצְרִ֖ים | nō-ṣer-îm}: watchmen; guard posts (noun masculine plural participle absolute) • ad-ir {עַד־עִ֥יר | ’ad ’îr}: up to a city (preposition + noun absolute) • mivtzar {מִבְצָֽר | miḇ-ṣār}: from a fortress (preposition + noun absolute) |