| 7. Morphological Analysis vayyiqra {וַיִּקְרָא֙ | wayyiqrāʾ}: and he called (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • shem {שֵׁ֣ם | šēm}: name (noun • masculine singular absolute) • hammaqom {הַמָּק֔וֹם | ham-māqôm}: the place (noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • massah {מַסָּ֖ה | massāh}: Massah (proper noun • place name) • umerivah {וּמְרִיבָ֑ה | ūmerivāh}: and Meribah (conjunction vav + proper noun • place name) • al-riv {עַל־רִ֣יב | ʿal-rîḇ}: upon/quarrel (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct) • benei {בְּנֵ֣י | bənê}: sons of (noun • masculine plural construct) • yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun) • ve-al {וְעַ֨ל | wə-ʿal}: and upon (conjunction vav + preposition) • nesotam {נַסֹּתָ֤ם | nəsōṯām}: their testing (verb • Piel infinitive construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • et-Yahweh {אֶת־יְהוָה֙ | ʾeṯ-Yə-hō-wāh}: the LORD (direct object marker ʾet + proper noun • the Tetragrammaton) • leemor {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lēʾmōr}: to say (preposition + verb • Qal infinitive construct) • hayesh {הֲיֵ֧שׁ | ḥăyēš}: is there (interrogative he + existential particle) • Yahweh {יְהוָה֛ | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • the Tetragrammaton) • bekirbenu {בְּקִרְבֵּ֖נוּ | bəkirbênū}: in our midst (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct + first person common plural suffix) • im-ayin {אִם־אָֽיִן | ʾim-ʾāyin}: whether or not (conditional particle + negative existential particle). |