| 2. Morphological Analysis vayyarev {וַיָּ֤רֶב | way-yā-reḇ}: and he quarreled (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • haam {הָעָם֙ | hā-ʿām}: the people (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • im {עִם־ | ʿim}: with (preposition) • mosheh {מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mō-šeh}: Moses (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayyōmerū {וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ | way-yō-mer-rû}: and they said (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • tenu {תְּנוּ־ | tə-nû}: give (verb • Qal imperative second person masculine plural) • lanu {לָנוּ | lā-nû}: to us (preposition + first person plural pronominal suffix) • mayim {מַ֖יִם | ma-yim}: water (noun • masculine plural absolute) • ve-nishteh {וְנִשְׁתֶּ֑ה | wə-niš-teh}: and we will drink (conjunction vav + verb • Qal imperfect first person plural) • vayyōmer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way-yō-mer}: and he said (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • lahem {לָהֶם֙ | lā-hem}: to them (preposition + third person plural pronominal suffix) • mosheh {מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mō-šeh}: Moses (proper noun • masculine singular) • mah {מַה־ | mah}: why (interrogative particle) • terivun {תְּרִיבוּן֙ | tə-rî-vûn}: do you quarrel (verb • Qal imperfect second person masculine plural) • imadi {עִמָּדִ֔י | ʿim-mā-dî}: with me (preposition + first person singular pronominal suffix) • mah {מַה־ | mah}: why (interrogative particle) • tenasun {תְּנַסּ֖וּן | tə-nas-sûn}: do you test (verb • Piel imperfect second person masculine plural) • et {אֶת | ʾeṯ}: direct object marker (particle) • Yahweh {יְהוָֽה | Yə-hō-wāh}: the LORD (proper noun • divine name) |