| 3. Morphological Analysis vehayah {וְהָיָ֣ה | wə-hā-yāh}: and it shall be (vav-consecutive Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • ha‘ir {הָעִ֔יר | hā-ʿîr}: the city (definite article + noun • feminine singular absolute) • haqerovah {הַקְּרֹבָ֖ה | ha-qə-rō-wāh}: nearest (definite article + adjective • feminine singular absolute) • el-hechalal {אֶל־הֶחָלָ֑ל | ʾel-he-ḥā-lāl}: to the slain (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • velaqechu {וְלָֽקְח֡וּ | wə-lā-qa-ḥû}: and they shall take (vav-consecutive Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • ziknei {זִקְנֵי֩ | zīq-nê}: elders of (noun • masculine plural construct) • ha‘ir {הָעִ֨יר | hā-ʿîr}: the city (definite article + noun • feminine singular absolute) • hahi {הַהִ֜וא | ha-hîʾ}: that (demonstrative pronoun • feminine singular) • eglat {עֶגְלַ֣ת | ʿeġ-lāṯ}: heifer of (noun • feminine singular construct) • bakar {בָּקָ֗ר | bā-qār}: cattle (noun • masculine singular absolute) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative pronoun) • lo-ubad {לֹֽא־עֻבַּד֙ | lō-‘uḇ-ḏ}: has not been worked (negative + Pual perfect • third person masculine singular) • bah {בָּ֔הּ | bō-h}: in her (preposition + third person feminine singular suffix) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative pronoun) • lo-mashkha {לֹא־מָשְׁכָ֖ה | lō-māš-kā(h)}: has not drawn (negative + Qal perfect • third person feminine singular) • be‘ol {בְּעֹֽל | bə-‘ôl}: with (preposition) + yoke (noun • masculine singular absolute) |