| 8. Morphological Analysis vayave {וַיָּבֵ֤א | va-ya-wäʼ}: and he brought (vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect • third person masculine singular) • et-kol-hakohanim {אֶת־כָּל־הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ | ʾet-kol-hak-kō-hā-nîm}: all the priests (direct object marker + noun • masculine plural definite) • me-arei {מֵעָרֵ֣י | mē-ʿā-rê}: from the towns of (preposition + noun • feminine plural construct) • yehudah {יְהוּדָ֔ה | yə-hū-dā}: Judah (proper noun • place name) • vaytame {וַיְטַמֵּ֣א | va-ye-tä-meʼ}: and he defiled (vav-consecutive Piel imperfect • third person masculine singular) • et-habamot {אֶת־הַבָּמ֗וֹת | ʾet-hab-bā-mōṯ}: the high places (direct object marker + noun • feminine plural definite) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative pronoun) • kitteru-shammah {קִטְּרוּ־שָׁ֙מָּה֙ | kit-tə-rū-šammā}: they burned incense there (Piel perfect • third person masculine plural + locative adverb) • hakohanim {הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | hak-kō-hā-nîm}: the priests (noun • masculine plural definite) • migeva {מִגֶּ֖בַע | mi-g̱e-ḇaʼ}: from Geba (preposition + proper noun • place name) • ad-beer {עַד־בְּאֵ֣ר | ʿad-bə-ʾēr}: to Beersheba (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute) • shava {שָׁ֑בַע | šā-ḇāʼ}: Sheba (proper noun • place name) • venatatz {וְנָתַ֞ץ | və-na-ṭaṣ}: and he broke down (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • et-bamot {אֶת־בָּמוֹת | ʾet-bā-mōṯ}: the high places (direct object marker + noun • feminine plural construct) • hashearim {הַשְּׁעָרִ֗ים | ha-še-ʿā-rîm}: the gates (noun • masculine plural definite) • asher-petach {אֲשֶׁר־פֶּתַח | ʾă-šer-pe-ṭaḥ}: which was at the entrance (relative pronoun + noun • masculine singular absolute) • shear {שַׁ֤עַר | še-ʿār}: gate (noun • masculine singular absolute) • yehoshua {יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ | yə-hō-šū-ʿā}: Joshua (proper noun • personal name) • sar-hair {שַׂר־הָעִ֔יר | sar-hā-ʿîr}: commander of the city (noun • masculine singular construct + noun • feminine singular definite) • asher-al-semol {אֲשֶֽׁר־עַל־שְׂמֹ֥אול | ʾă-šer-ʿal-semôl}: which was on the left (relative pronoun + preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • ish {אִ֖ישׁ | ʾîš}: man (noun • masculine singular absolute) • beshear {בְּשַׁ֥עַר | bə-ša-ʿār}: at the gate (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct) • hair {הָעִֽיר׃ | hā-ʿîr}: the city (noun • feminine singular definite) |