| 1. Morphological Analysis vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח | va-yîš-láḥ}: and he sent (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine singular) • hamelekh {הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | ha-mé-leḵ}: the king (noun masculine singular with definite article) • vayasfu {וַיַּאָסְפ֣וּ | va-yaʾ-ás-pu}: and they gathered (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine plural) • elav {אֵלָ֔יו | ʾê-lā-v}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • kol {כָּל־ | kol}: all (quantifier absolute) • ziknei {זִקְנֵ֥י | zi-qnê}: elders of (noun masculine plural construct) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָ֖ה | ye-hū-dāh}: Judah (proper noun masculine singular) • vayerushalayim {וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | və-ye-rū-ša-lā-yim}: and Jerusalem (conjunction vav + proper noun) |