| 7. Morphological Analysis vayasem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wayyāšem}: and he set (vav-consecutive prefix + imperfect • verb Qal third person masculine singular) • et {אֶת | ʼet}: direct object marker (particle) • pesel {פֶּסֶל | pəśel}: idol image (noun masculine singular absolute) • ha-asherah {הָאֲשֵׁרָה | hā-ʼă-šêrāh}: the Asherah (noun feminine singular absolute with definite article) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼă-šer}: which • that (relative pronoun) • asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśâh}: he made (verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ba-bayit {בַּבַּיִת | ba-bbayit}: in the house (preposition + noun with definite article) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼă-šer}: which • that (relative pronoun) • amar {אָמַר | ʾāmar}: he said (verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}: LORD (Tetragrammaton • divine name) • el {אֶל | ʼel}: to • toward (preposition) • David {דָּוִד | dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun masculine singular) • ve-el {וְאֶל | wə-ʼel}: and to (conjunction + preposition) • Solomon {שְׁלֹמֹה | šəlômōh}: Solomon (proper noun masculine singular) • beno {בְּנ֔וֹ | bənô}: his son (noun construct + pronominal suffix third person masculine singular) • ba-bayit {בַּבַּיִת | ba-bbayit}: in the house (preposition + noun with definite article) • haze {הַזֶּה | hazzēh}: this (demonstrative pronoun masculine singular) • u-vi-yerushalayim {וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם | û-vî-rûšālâyim}: and in Jerusalem (conjunction + preposition + proper noun) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼă-šer}: which • that (relative pronoun) • bacharti {בָּחַרְתִּי | bāḥartî}: I have chosen (verb Qal perfect first person common singular) • mi-kol {מִכֹּל | miqqōl}: from all (preposition + noun) • shivtei {שִׁבְטֵי | šibṭê}: tribes of (noun masculine plural construct) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʼēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular) • asim {אָשִׂים | ʾāśîm}: I will place (verb Qal imperfect first person common singular) • et {אֶת | ʼet}: direct object marker (particle) • shemi {שְׁמִי | šəmî}: my name (noun + pronominal suffix first person common singular) • le-olam {לְעוֹלָם | ləʽôlām}: forever (preposition + noun masculine singular absolute) |