| 3. Morphological Analysis vayelekh {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ}: and he went (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular) • vayyaavod {וֽ͏ַיַּעֲבֹד֙ | way-ya-‘ă-ḇōḏ}: and he served (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular) • elohim {אֱלֹהִ֣ים | ʾĕ-lō-hîm}: gods (noun • masculine plural absolute) • akherim {אֲחֵרִ֔ים | ʾă-ḥê-rîm}: other (adjective • masculine plural) • vayishtakhu {וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ | way-yish-ta-ḥû}: and he prostrated himself (vav-consecutive + Hithpael imperfect 3rd person masculine singular) • lahem {לָהֶם | lā-hem}: to them (preposition + 3rd person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • velashemesh {וְלַשֶּׁמֶשׁ | wə-la-šemeš}: and to the sun (vav-conjunction + preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • o {אוֹ | ʾō}: or (coordinating conjunction) • layaareakh {לַיָּרֵ֗חַ | la-ya-rē-aḥ}: to the moon (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • o {אוֹ | ʾō}: or (coordinating conjunction) • lekoltseva {לְכָל־צְבָ֥א | lə-ḵōl-ṣə-vāʾ}: to all the host (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct prefixed by kol "all") • hashamayim {הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם | ha-šā-ma-yim}: the heavens (noun • masculine plural absolute with definite article) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative pronoun) • lotsiviti {לֹא־צִוִּֽיתִי | lō-ṣî-wî-ṯî}: I did not command (negative particle lo + Qal perfect 1st person common singular) |