| 4. Morphological Analysis hu {הוּא | hūʾ}: he (third person masculine singular pronoun) • hesir {הֵסִיר | hēsîr}: he removed (Hiphil perfect third person masculine singular) • et-habamot {אֶת־הַבָּמוֹת | ʾet-ha-bāmōṯ}: direct object marker + the high places (feminine plural with definite article) • ve-shibbar {וְשִׁבַּר | wə-šibbār}: and he broke (Waw-consecutive + Piel imperfect third person masculine singular) • et-hamatzebot {אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹת | ʾet-ha-maṣṣēḇōṯ}: direct object marker + the sacred pillars (feminine plural with definite article) • ve-karat {וְכָרַת | wə-kā-rat}: and he cut down (Waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • et-ha-asherah {אֶת־הָֽאֲשֵׁרָה | ʾet-hā-ʾăšērāh}: direct object marker + the Asherah pole (feminine singular with definite article) • ve-kittat {וְכִתַּת | wə-kiṭṭat}: and he broke in pieces (Waw-consecutive + Piel imperfect third person masculine singular) • ne-chash {נְחַשׁ | neḥaš}: serpent (noun masculine singular) • ha-nechoshet {הַנְּחֹשֶׁת | ha-neḥōšeṯ}: the bronze (noun feminine singular with definite article) • asher-asah {אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה | ʾăšer-ʿāśāh}: relative pronoun + he made (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • moshe {מֹשֶׁה | mōšē}: Moses (proper noun masculine singular) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for • because (causal conjunction) • ad-hayamim {עַד־הַיָּמִים | ʿad-ha-yāmîm}: until those days (preposition + noun masculine plural with definite article) • ha-hemmāh {הָהֵמָּה | hā-hēmmah}: those (demonstrative pronoun masculine plural) • hayu {הָיוּ | hāyû}: they were (Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • bnei-yisrael {בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bnê-yisrāʾēl}: sons of Israel (noun masculine plural construct) • meqattērîm {מְקַטְּרִים | məqattērîm}: offering incense (Piel participle masculine plural) • lo {ל֔וֹ | lōw}: to it (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • va-yikra-lo {וַיִּקְרָא־לוֹ | wayyik·rāʾ-lōw}: and he called it (Waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular + third person masculine singular suffix) • nekhushtan {נְחֻשְׁתָּן | nǝḥušṯān}: Nehushtan (proper noun; “bronze thing”). |