| 5. Morphological Analysis vedibberu {וְדִבְּר֣וּ | wə-ḏibbərû}: and they shall speak (vav consecutive Piel imperfect third person masculine plural) • hashotrim {הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ | ha-šōtrîm}: the officers (definite article + masculine plural noun) • elhaam {אֶל־הָעָ֣ם | ʾel-hā-ʿām}: to the people (preposition + definite article + masculine singular collective) • leemor {לֵאמֹר֒ | lê-ʾemor}: saying (infinitive construct of ʾāmar) • mihaish {מִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ | mī-hā-ʾîš}: who + the man (interrogative pronoun + definite article + noun masculine singular) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾăšer}: that (relative pronoun) • banah {בָּנָ֤ה | bānāh}: built (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • bayitchadash {בַֽיִת־חָדָשׁ֙ | bayit-ḥāḏāš}: new house (noun masculine singular absolute) • velo {וְלֹ֣א | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • chanakho {חֲנָכ֔וֹ | ḥănākô}: dedicated it (Qal perfect third person masculine singular + third person masculine singular suffix) • yelekh {יֵלֵ֖ךְ | yēleḵ}: let him go (Qal imperfect jussive third person masculine singular) • veyashov {וְיָשֹׁ֣ב | wə-yāšōḇ}: and let him return (conjunction + Qal imperfect jussive third person masculine singular) • leveto {לְבֵית֑וֹ | lə-ḇêṯô}: to his house (preposition + noun construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • penyamuth {פֶּן־יָמוּת֙ | pen-yāmûṯ}: lest he die (conjunction + Qal imperfect jussive third person masculine singular) • bamilchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | ba-milḥāmāh}: in the battle (preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular) • veish {וְאִ֥ישׁ | wə-ʾîš}: and a man (conjunction + noun masculine singular) • acher {אַחֵ֖ר | ʾāḥer}: another (adjective masculine singular) • yachnekhennu {יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ | yaḥnəḵennû}: will dedicate it (Piel imperfect third person masculine singular + third person masculine singular suffix) |