| 36. Morphological Analysis vehecherishu {וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּ | wə-ḥeḥă-rî-šû}: and they kept silent (vav consecutive + Hifil perfect • third person masculine plural) • haam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}: the people (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • ve-lo-anu {וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ | wə-lō-ʿā-nû}: and they did not answer (vav conjunction + negative particle + Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • oto {אֹת֖וֹ | ʾō-ṯô}: him (third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • davar {דָּבָ֑ר | dā-ḇār}: word (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ki-mitsvat {כִּי־מִצְוַ֨ת | kî-mits-vāṯ}: because of command (conjunction + noun in construct state • feminine singular) • hamelekh {הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | hā-me-leḵ}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • hi {הִ֛יא | hî}: it is (third person feminine singular pronoun • copula) • leemor {לֵאמֹ֖ר | lē-ʾê-môr}: to say (preposition + Qal infinitive construct) • lo {לֹ֥א | lō}: not (negative particle) • taanuhu {תַעֲנֻֽהוּ | ta-ʿă-nû-hû}: you shall answer him (Qal imperfect • second person masculine plural + third person masculine singular suffix), |