| 18. Morphological Analysis shoftim {שֹׁפְטִים | šō-p̄ə-ṭîm}: judges (noun • masculine plural absolute) • ve-shotrim {וְשֹֽׁטְרִים | wə-šō-ṭər-îm}: and officers (conjunction vav prefixed + noun • masculine plural absolute) • titen-lekha {תִּתֶּן־לְךָ | tit-ten-lə-ḵā}: you shall appoint for yourself (verb • qal imperfect • second person masculine singular with pronominal suffix) • be-khol-sheʿarekha {בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ | bə-ḵōl-šə-ʿā-rê-ḵā}: in all your gates (preposition + noun in construct with pronominal suffix) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer}: which (relative pronoun) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yᵊ-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) • Elohekha {אֱלֹהֶיךָ | ’ĕ-lō-hê-ḵā}: your God (proper noun • divine title Elohim with pronominal suffix) • noten {נֹתֵן | nō-ṯēn}: giving (verb • qal participle • masculine singular) • lekha {לְךָ | lə-ḵā}: to you (preposition with pronominal suffix) • li-shvatekha {לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ | li-šə-ḇā-ṯê-ḵā}: for your tribes (preposition + noun in construct with pronominal suffix) • ve-shafetu {וְשָׁפְטוּ | wə-šā-p̄ə-ṯû}: and they shall judge (conjunction vav prefixed + verb • qal perfect converted to imperfect • third person masculine plural) • et-ha’am {אֶת־הָעָם | ’et-hā-‘ām}: the people (direct object marker + noun • masculine singular with definite article) • mishpat-tzedek {מִשְׁפַּט־צֶדֶק | miš-pāṭ-ṣe-ḏeq}: judgment of justice (noun in construct with noun) |