| 12. Morphological Analysis vayikchu {וַיִּקְחוּ | way·yiq·ḥû}: and they took (conjunction waw consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ-}: definite direct object marker (particle • not translated) • Lot {לוֹט | lôṭ}: Lot (proper noun • masculine singular) • ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾeṯ-}: and definite direct object marker (conjunction waw + particle) • rekhusho {רְכֻשׁוֹ | rə·ḵu·šô}: his possessions (noun • masculine singular with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • ben {בֶּן־ | ben-}: son of (noun • masculine singular construct) • achi {אֲחִי | ʾă·ḥî}: of the brother (noun • masculine singular construct with first person common singular pronominal suffix • functioning idiomatically as “his brother”) • Avram {אַבְרָם | ʾaḇ·rām}: Abram (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayelekhu {וַיֵּלֵכוּ | way·yê·lē·ḵû}: and they went (conjunction waw consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • vehu {וְהוּא | wə·hûʾ}: and he (conjunction waw + independent personal pronoun • third person masculine singular) • yoshev {יֹשֵׁב | yô·šēḇ}: dwelling (verb • Qal active participle • masculine singular functioning as a durative predicate) • bisdom {בִּסְדֹם | bis·ḏōm}: in Sodom (preposition bə + proper noun • feminine singular absolute) |