| 16. Morphological Analysis ki {כִּי | kî}: conjunction “because • when” • yihyeh {יִהְיֶה | yih-yeh}: verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular “it will be • it happens” • lahem {לָהֶם | lā-hem}: preposition lamed plus third person plural suffix “to them • for them” • davar {דָּבָר | dā-vār}: noun masculine singular absolute “matter • case” • ba {בָּא | bāʾ}: verb Qal participle masculine singular “comes” • elai {אֵלַי | ʾê-lay}: preposition ʾel plus first person singular suffix “to me” • veshafti {וְשָׁפַטְתִּי | wə-šā-phaṭ-tî}: conjunction vav consecutive plus verb Qal perfect first person singular with sequential force “and I judged” • bein {בֵּין | bēn}: preposition “between” • ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš}: noun masculine singular absolute “man • person” • uvein {וּבֵין | û-bēn}: conjunction vav plus preposition “and between” • reʿehu {רֵעֵהוּ | rē-ʿē-hû}: noun masculine singular construct plus third person singular suffix “his companion • his fellow” • vehodaʿti {וְהוֹדַעְתִּי | wə-hô-daʿ-tî}: conjunction vav consecutive plus verb Hiphil perfect first person singular “and I made known • and I informed” • et-chukkei {אֶת־חֻקֵּי | ʾeṯ-ḥuq-qê}: direct object marker plus noun masculine plural construct “the statutes of” • ha-Elohim {הָאֱלֹהִים | hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm}: definite article plus divine title masculine plural form with singular meaning “God” • ve-et-torotav {וְאֶת־תּוֹרֹתָיו | wə-ʾeṯ-tô-rō-ṯāw}: conjunction vav plus direct object marker plus noun feminine plural construct with third person singular suffix “and His laws • His instructions” |