| 16. Morphological Analysis ya-an {יַעַן | ya-ʿan}: because (causal preposition) • bə-mishpatay {בְּמִשְׁפָּטַי | bə-miš-pa-ṭai}: in my judgments (preposition + masculine plural construct noun + 1st person singular suffix) • ma-os {מָאוֹס | mā-ʾōs}: they despised (Qal perfect verb • 3rd person plural) • ve-et-chukotai {וְאֶת־חֻקּוֹתַי | wə-ʾet ḥuq-qō-ṯai}: and (direct object) my statutes (conjunction + direct object marker + feminine plural construct noun + 1st person singular suffix) • lo-halkhu {לֹא־הָלְכוּ | lōʾ-hā-lə-ḵu}: they did not walk (negation + Qal perfect verb • 3rd person plural) • bam {בָּם | bām}: in them (preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix) • ve-et-shabbototai {וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַי | wə-ʾet šab-bə-ṯō-ṯai}: and (direct object) my sabbaths (conjunction + direct object marker + feminine plural construct noun + 1st person singular suffix) • chillelu {חִלְּלוּ | ḥil-lə-lū}: they profaned (Piel perfect verb • 3rd person plural) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for/because (conjunction) • acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾa-ḥă-rē}: after (preposition) • gilluleihem {גִּלּוּלֵיהֶם | gil-lu-lei-hem}: their idols (masculine plural construct noun + 3rd person plural suffix) • libam {לִבָּם | li-bām}: their heart (masculine singular construct noun + 3rd person plural suffix) • holekh {הֹלֵךְ | hō-lēḵ}: walking/went (Qal participle • masculine singular) |