| 3. Morphological Analysis vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyā-šāb}: and he returned (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third-person masculine singular) • vayiven {וַיִּבֶן | wayyī-ḇen}: and he built (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third-person masculine singular) • et {אֶת | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • ha-bamot {הַבָּמוֹת | ha-ḇā-mōṯ}: the high places (noun • feminine plural absolute with definite article) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}: which/that (relative pronoun) • ibbad {אִבַּד | ʾibbād}: he destroyed (Hiphil perfect third-person masculine singular) • ḥizkiyāhu {חִזְקִיָּהוּ | ḥîz-qî-yā-hû}: Hezekiah (proper noun • masculine singular) • aviv {אָבִיו | ʾā-vî-w}: his father (noun • masculine singular construct with third-person masculine singular suffix) • vayyaqem {וַיָּקֶם | wayyā-qēm}: and he erected (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third-person masculine singular) • mizbeḥōt {מִזְבְּחוֹת | miz-be-ḥōṯ}: altars (noun • masculine plural absolute) • la-ba·al {לַבַּעַל | la-ḇa-ʿal}: to Baal (preposition + proper noun) • vayyaʿaś {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayya-ʿaś}: and he made (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third-person masculine singular) • ʾašērāh {אֲשֵׁרָה | ʾă-še-rāh}: an Asherah pole (noun • feminine singular) • ka-ʾašer {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer}: just as (prefixed comparative + relative pronoun) • ʿāsāh {עָשָׂה | ʿā-sāh}: he did (Qal perfect third-person masculine singular) • ʾAḥʾāv {אַחְאָב | ʾaḥ-ʾāv}: Ahab (proper noun • masculine singular) • melek {מֶלֶךְ | mê-leḵ}: king (noun • masculine singular absolute) • yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}: Israel (proper noun) • vayyishtāḥû {וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ | wayyī-štā-ḥû}: and he prostrated (vav-consecutive Hitpael imperfect third-person masculine singular) • le-kol {לְכָל | lə-ḵol}: to all (preposition + noun) • ṣeḇāʾ {צְבָא | ṣə-ḇāʾ}: host/army (noun • masculine singular absolute) • haššāmayim {הַשָּׁמַיִם | ha-šā-ma-yim}: the heavens (noun • masculine plural absolute with definite article) • vayyaʿăḇōd {וַיַּעֲבֹד | wayya-ʿă-ḇōḏ}: and he served (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third-person masculine singular) • ʾōṯām {אֹתָם | ʾō-ṯām}: them (pronoun • third-person masculine plural suffix) |