| 23. Morphological Analysis vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyābō’û}: and they came (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • maratah {מָרָתָה | mārāṯā}: to Marah (proper noun • feminine singular with locative suffix) • velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʼ}: and not (conjunction + negation particle) • yakhlu {יָכְלוּ | yākhlû}: they were able (Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • lishtot {לִשְׁתֹּת | lištôt}: to drink (Qal infinitive construct) • mayim {מַיִם | mayyim}: water (noun • masculine plural absolute) • mimmarah {מִמָּרָה | mimmārā}: from Marah (preposition + proper noun • feminine singular) • ki {כִּי | kī}: because (conjunction • causal) • marim {מָרִים | mārîm}: bitter (adjective • masculine plural) • hem {הֵם | hēm}: they (pronoun • third person masculine plural) • al-ken {עַל־כֵּן | ʿal-kên}: therefore (preposition + adverb) • kara-shemah {קָרָא־שְׁמָהּ | qārā-šēmāh}: called its name (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular + noun construct with pronominal suffix) • marah {מָרָה | mārā}: Marah (proper noun • feminine singular) |